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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF047EB7FE913992" box="[151,312,905,929]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Dipsas dightoni</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFEAC7EB6FE4E3992" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[319,487,904,929]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="528" refId="ref12370" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1894) Description of a new snake found in Travancore, by Mr. S. Dighton. Pirmaad. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 8, 528." type="journal article" year="1894">Boulenger, 1894</bibRefCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFF047E99FE09398C" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1896" box="[151,416,935,959]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF047E99FE09398C" box="[151,416,935,959]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Dipsadomorphus dightoni</emphasis>
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—
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFE297E99FD8B398C" author="Wall, F." box="[442,546,935,960]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref14306" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155." type="journal article" year="1909">Wall 1909</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF047EF9FE8739ED" box="[151,302,966,990]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Boiga dightoni</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFEDB7EFBFE6839ED" author="Smith, M. A." box="[328,449,965,990]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14068" refString="Smith, M. A. (1943) The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London, 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith 1943</bibRefCitation>
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Inger
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFD947EF9FD9A39ED" box="[519,563,966,990]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF047932FE3E3E14" bold="true" box="[151,407,1036,1063]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
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Females (n=4).
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.1.32 Peermad, Travancore.
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF5479A2FE053E84" bold="true" box="[199,428,1180,1207]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Taxonomic history.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFE2079A3FDF33E85" box="[435,602,1180,1206]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Boiga dightoni</emphasis>
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was described as
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFCB479A3FC733E85" box="[807,986,1180,1206]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Dipsas dightoni</emphasis>
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by
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, based on a specimen presented by H.S. Ferguson from “Pirmeed” in Travancore. Since then this species has not been collected despite several surveys, until
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Inger
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. (1984)
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reported it from the Ponmudi Hills further south. Though recognized by subsequent workers, almost nothing is known about this species (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFB827836FA9E3F10" author="Whitaker, R. & Captain, A." box="[1041,1335,1288,1315]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14471" refString="Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. (2004) Snakes of India-the field guide. Draco Books, Chennai, 500 pp." type="book" year="2004">Whitaker & Captain 2004</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFAD27836FEBA3F74" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14417" refString="Wallach, V., Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J. (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1237 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / b 16901" type="book" year="2014">
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Wallach
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF047813FF613F75" box="[151,200,1324,1350]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
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. 2014
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</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2AFFFCFF54786FFCC03FBC" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2AFFFCFF54786FFCC03FBC" blockId="13.[151,1437,1036,2035]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF54786FFEE73F58" bold="true" box="[199,334,1361,1387]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Patronym, named in genitive singular case, after S.M. Dighton, the collector of the
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<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2AFFFCFB67786FFA8D3F58" box="[1268,1316,1361,1387]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">type</typeStatus>
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specimen; he was a tea planter who worked in the Ghats (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFD30784AFCF53FBC" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[675,860,1396,1423]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="528" refId="ref12370" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1894) Description of a new snake found in Travancore, by Mr. S. Dighton. Pirmaad. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 8, 528." type="journal article" year="1894">Boulenger 1894</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2AFFFCFF5478A6FEEB3C9C" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2AFFFCFF5478A6FEEB3C9C" blockId="13.[151,1437,1036,2035]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF5478A6FD8A3F80" bold="true" box="[199,547,1432,1459]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Diagnosis (redefined herein).</emphasis>
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A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFD5078A7FCAF3F81" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[707,774,1433,1458]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFD5078A7FCAF3F81" box="[707,774,1433,1458]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Boiga</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
endemic to the Southern Western Ghats of
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<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2AFFFCFA9378A6FA953F81" box="[1280,1340,1432,1458]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">India</collectingCountry>
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, characterised by the following combination of characters: 21–23 midbody scale rows (vs.
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<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFBDC7883FB203FE5" box="[1103,1161,1468,1495]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFB027883FD893FC9" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFB027883FA9F3FE5" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1858" box="[1169,1334,1468,1494]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">B. ceylonensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFAD17883FF493FC9" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
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||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFF7F78DFFED53FC9" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[236,380,1504,1530]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">B. beddomei</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFE1478DFFD893FC9" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[391,544,1504,1530]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
); vertebral scales strongly enlarged (vs. mildly enlarged in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFB5178DFFA973FC9" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[1218,1342,1504,1530]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFB5178DFFA973FC9" box="[1218,1342,1504,1530]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">B. barnesii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); venter with salmon pink spots in life (vs. yellowish in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFD3C7B3BFC423C2D" box="[687,1003,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFD3C7B3BFCEE3C2D" box="[687,839,1540,1566]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFCC07B3BFC423C2D" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[851,1003,1540,1566]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
; variable in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFBEA7B3BFA903C2D" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1145,1337,1540,1566]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFBEA7B3BFA903C2D" box="[1145,1337,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; dorsum predominantly uniform brown (vs. green in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFD107B17FC8C3C71" box="[643,805,1576,1602]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFD107B17FCB73C71" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[643,798,1576,1602]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
variable in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFC397B17FBC03C71" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[938,1129,1576,1602]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFC397B17FBC03C71" box="[938,1129,1576,1602]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); ventrolateral pattern with salmon pinkish markings (vs. with alternate white and black blotches in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFC287B73FB7E3C55" box="[955,1239,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFC287B73FB913C55" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[955,1080,1612,1638]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">B. barnesii</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFBD07B73FB7E3C55" box="[1091,1239,1612,1638]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
; without any pattern in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF757B4FFDE33CB9" box="[230,586,1648,1674]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFF757B4FFE0E3CB9" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[230,423,1648,1674]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">B. andamanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFE217B4FFDE33CB9" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[434,586,1648,1674]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
); temporal subequal to coastal body scale (vs. larger than coastal body scale in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFF277BABFE9B3C9D" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[180,306,1684,1710]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF277BABFE9B3C9D" box="[180,306,1684,1710]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2AFFFFFF547B86FDC03AE4" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="315" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2AFFFCFF547B86FAD03D99" blockId="13.[151,1437,1036,2035]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF547B86FD9E3CE0" bold="true" box="[199,567,1720,1747]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
|
||
Redescription of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2AFFFCFE5A7B87FD9B3CE0" box="[457,562,1721,1747]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A medium-sized snake reaching
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFC2F7B87FB983CE0" box="[956,1073,1721,1747]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.083" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="1083.0">1,083 mm</quantity>
|
||
total length, snout-vent length:
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||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFF047BE2FF5E3CC4" box="[151,247,1756,1783]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.58" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="858.0">858 mm</quantity>
|
||
, tail length:
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFE177BE2FE4D3CC4" box="[388,484,1756,1783]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.25" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="225.0">225 mm</quantity>
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||
; with fairly slender habitus, narrower neck, wider head; long tail (relative tail length 20.8%); 23–23–15 scale rows; rostral scarcely visible from above; preocular 1, larger than loreal; postoculars 2; loreal 1; supralabials 8, with 3
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2AFFFCFE427A1DFE473D0C" attach="none" box="[465,494,1827,1855]" fontSize="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">rd–</superScript>
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5
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2AFFFCFE687A1DFDA13D02" attach="left" box="[507,520,1827,1841]" fontSize="6" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">th</superScript>
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||
touching eye; infralabials 13/14, with 1–5 touching chin shields; temporals 18/17; preventrals 2; ventrals 242, angulate laterally; cloacal 1; subcaudals 99 pairs. Dorsal colour brownish-grey, with traces of obscure transverse markings across; no markings on top of head; head with a few minute dark dots on labia, loreal and near parietals; labials, chin and venter ashy brown, finely spotted with darker shade along both sides.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF547A8AFE963DFC" bold="true" box="[199,319,1972,1999]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Variation.</emphasis>
|
||
Other specimens agreeing with
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2AFFFCFD367A8AFCAE3DFD" box="[677,775,1972,1998]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
in most aspects and showing the following variation: snout to vent length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFED37AE6FE723DC0" box="[320,475,2008,2035]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.3" metricValueMax="9.08" metricValueMin="3.52" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="630.0" valueMax="908.0" valueMin="352.0">352–908 mm</quantity>
|
||
; tail length 194 (incomplete in other specimens); anterior scale rows 21–21–15(16) scale rows; temporals 17–19; infralabials 11–12; ventrals 235–248; subcaudals 102–112 pairs (incomplete in the rest); number of cross bars 0–66 on body.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB29FFFFFF547DDEFB4A3BB8" pageId="14" pageNumber="315" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB29FFFFFF547DDEFB4A3BB8" blockId="14.[151,1437,152,395]" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB29FFFFFF547DDEFDE23AC8" bold="true" box="[199,587,224,251]" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">Distribution and natural history.</emphasis>
|
||
This species has rarely, if ever, been collected and properly identified. Apart from the original description the only known subsequent collection and description of this species is from Ponmudi Hills (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB29FFFFFF4E7C17FE323B70" author="Inger, R. F. & Shaffer, H. B. & Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B." box="[221,411,297,323]" pageId="14" pageNumber="315" pagination="551 - 570" refId="ref13334" refString="Inger, R. F., Shaffer, H. B., Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B. (1984) A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 81 (3), 551 - 570." type="journal article" year="1984">
|
||
Inger
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB29FFFFFEB17C14FEFD3B70" box="[290,340,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1984
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) (Fig. 13). Animals were seen actively foraging at night on plants and bushes and one was recorded having eaten a
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB29FFFFFE397C73FDA93B54" box="[426,512,333,359]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Calotes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="14" pageNumber="315" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB29FFFFFE397C73FDA93B54" box="[426,512,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">Calotes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. There have been a few reports of this species from the Anaimalais, but these lack morphological or taxonomical data (Vijayakumar
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB29FFFFFD5B7C4CFD503BB8" box="[712,761,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="315">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2001) to permit unambiguous verification.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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