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,
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(
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,
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,
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elevation
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). Collected by
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W and
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on
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; DWC 2019.05.0 2, juvenile male,
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, from
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,
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,
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(
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,
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elevation
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). Collected by
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W and
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on
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.
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5FFFA05E8BF6A8CC045BAD" bold="true" box="[199,321,1755,1780]" pageId="1" pageNumber="266">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
SVL
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; snout to eye distance 2.5 times the eye width (SE/EW); prefrontals touching eye; preocular small, does not touch supraocular; postoculars 2, lower one larger than the upper; temporal 1+2/1+2; supralabials 6/6, 4
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touching eye; infralabials 6/6, first pair in contact, progressively increasing in size from 1
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to 6
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; anterior chin shields 2, large, touching 14 infralabials; posterior chin shields 2, anterior half in contact while the posterior half separated by 1
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ventral; ventrals 124139; subcaudals 1629; dorsal scale rows 151515; laterally spine like tubercles present on two scale rows nearest to the subcaudals of the ischiadic, anal and tail base regions in adult males, feeble in juvenile males, and absent in females; entire dorsum brown colour, much paler towards anterior; three irregular dotted lines on dorsum.
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5CFFA35EDBF725CC575A35" bold="true" box="[151,274,1878,1900]" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Current distribution map of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5CFFA35C7EF725CFA15A35" box="[562,740,1878,1900]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="267">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
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(red: holotype; blue: paratypes; yellow: not collected) in the Knuckles landscape.
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Description of
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.
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Adult male; SVL
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; TaL
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; TL
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; TaL/TL 0.13; body elongate and cylindrical; head short (SVL/HL 18.3), elliptical, indistinct from thick neck; snout long, narrowing
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5DFFA25EDBF0E4CCB55C19" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">anteriorly, pointed in dorsal aspect, snout to nostril distance about 2.8 (EW/SN) times as long as nostril width; nasal divided; small, triangular nostril, touching divided nasal and first supralabial, not touching rostral; eye larger than horizontal diameter of nostril, distance between snout to eye about 2.6 (SE/EW) times the eye width, round pupil; snout to eye distance 0.3 times head length (SE/HL); tail short (TaL/SVL 0.1), robust at its base, tapering progressively to a single point.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25EDBF103CC4F5CDE" bold="true" box="[151,266,368,391]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
The morphometric measurements (mm) of the type series of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25DD4F103C9165CDE" box="[920,1107,368,391]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25C64F1D1CF9F5CE1" box="[552,730,418,440]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
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<th id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F1D1C8CA5CE1" box="[1309,1423,418,440]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Range</th>
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<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F1BFCC815F59" box="[236,452,460,512]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Holotype NMSL-NH 2019.01.0 2 (male)</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F1BFCFE85F59" box="[479,685,460,512]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Paratype DWC 2019.01.0 1 (female)</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF1BFCECA5F59" box="[705,911,460,512]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Paratype DWC 2019.05.0 1 (female)</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF1BFC9255F59" box="[934,1120,460,512]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Paratype DWC 2019.05.0 2 (male)</td>
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<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F267CC815F73" box="[236,452,532,554]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">4.19</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F267CFE85F73" box="[479,685,532,554]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.28</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF267CECA5F73" box="[705,911,532,554]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.39</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF267C9255F73" box="[934,1120,532,554]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.91</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F267C9F25F73" box="[1149,1207,532,554]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.943</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF267C9B85F73" box="[1233,1277,532,554]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.87</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F267C8CA5F73" box="[1309,1423,532,554]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.914.19</td>
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<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F24ECD975F0A" box="[159,210,573,595]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">DBE</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F24ECC815F0A" box="[236,452,573,595]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.57</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F24ECFE85F0A" box="[479,685,573,595]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.86</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF24ECECA5F0A" box="[705,911,573,595]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.38</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF24EC9255F0A" box="[934,1120,573,595]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.97</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F24EC9F25F0A" box="[1149,1207,573,595]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.445</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF24EC9B85F0A" box="[1233,1277,573,595]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.32</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F24EC8CA5F0A" box="[1309,1423,573,595]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.972.86</td>
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<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F215C8CA5F25" box="[159,1423,614,636]" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F215CD975F25" box="[159,210,614,636]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">DFE</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F215CC815F25" box="[236,452,614,636]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.21</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F215CFE85F25" box="[479,685,614,636]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.36</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF215CECA5F25" box="[705,911,614,636]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.11</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF215C9255F25" box="[934,1120,614,636]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.66</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F215C9F25F25" box="[1149,1207,614,636]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.085</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF215C9B85F25" box="[1233,1277,614,636]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.26</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F215C8CA5F25" box="[1309,1423,614,636]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.662.36</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F2E3C8CA5FFF" box="[159,1423,656,678]" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F2E3CD975FFF" box="[159,210,656,678]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">EW</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F2E3CC815FFF" box="[236,452,656,678]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.01</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F2E3CFE85FFF" box="[479,685,656,678]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.09</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF2E3CECA5FFF" box="[705,911,656,678]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.91</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF2E3C9255FFF" box="[934,1120,656,678]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.82</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F2E3C9F25FFF" box="[1149,1207,656,678]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.958</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF2E3C9B85FFF" box="[1233,1277,656,678]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.1</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F2E3C8CA5FFF" box="[1309,1423,656,678]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.821.09</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F2CAC8CA5F96" box="[159,1423,697,719]" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F2CACD975F96" box="[159,210,697,719]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">HD</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F2CACC815F96" box="[236,452,697,719]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.96</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F2CACFE85F96" box="[479,685,697,719]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.74</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF2CACECA5F96" box="[705,911,697,719]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.33</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF2CAC9255F96" box="[934,1120,697,719]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.72</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F2CAC9F25F96" box="[1149,1207,697,719]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.438</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF2CAC9B85F96" box="[1233,1277,697,719]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.47</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F2CAC8CA5F96" box="[1309,1423,697,719]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.723.96</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F291C8CA5FA1" box="[159,1423,738,760]" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F291CD975FA1" box="[159,210,738,760]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">HL</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F291CC815FA1" box="[236,452,738,760]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">9.18</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F291CFE85FA1" box="[479,685,738,760]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">10.35</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF291CECA5FA1" box="[705,911,738,760]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">9.35</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF291C9255FA1" box="[934,1120,738,760]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">7.15</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F291C9F25FA1" box="[1149,1207,738,760]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">9.008</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF291C9B85FA1" box="[1233,1277,738,760]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.16</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F291C8CA5FA1" box="[1309,1423,738,760]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">7.1510.35</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F37FC8CA5E7B" box="[159,1423,780,802]" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F37FCD975E7B" box="[159,210,780,802]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">HW</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F37FCC815E7B" box="[236,452,780,802]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.84</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F37FCFE85E7B" box="[479,685,780,802]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.99</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF37FCECA5E7B" box="[705,911,780,802]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.72</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF37FC9255E7B" box="[934,1120,780,802]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.15</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F37FC9F25E7B" box="[1149,1207,780,802]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.675</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF37FC9B85E7B" box="[1233,1277,780,802]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.32</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F37FC8CA5E7B" box="[1309,1423,780,802]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">3.153.99</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F346C8CA5E12" box="[159,1423,821,843]" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F346CD975E12" box="[159,210,821,843]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">IN</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F346CC815E12" box="[236,452,821,843]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.72</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F346CFE85E12" box="[479,685,821,843]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.6</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF346CECA5E12" box="[705,911,821,843]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.6</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF346C9255E12" box="[934,1120,821,843]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.53</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F346C9F25E12" box="[1149,1207,821,843]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.613</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF346C9B85E12" box="[1233,1277,821,843]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.07</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F346C8CA5E12" box="[1309,1423,821,843]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.530.72</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F32DC8CA5E2D" box="[159,1423,862,884]" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F32DCD975E2D" box="[159,210,862,884]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">IO</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F32DCC815E2D" box="[236,452,862,884]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.69</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F32DCFE85E2D" box="[479,685,862,884]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.93</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF32DCECA5E2D" box="[705,911,862,884]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.65</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF32DC9255E2D" box="[934,1120,862,884]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.08</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F32DC9F25E2D" box="[1149,1207,862,884]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.588</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF32DC9B85E2D" box="[1233,1277,862,884]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.31</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F32DC8CA5E2D" box="[1309,1423,862,884]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.082.93</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F3FBC8CA5EC7" box="[159,1423,904,926]" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F3FBCD975EC7" box="[159,210,904,926]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">NE</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F3FBCC815EC7" box="[236,452,904,926]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.27</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F3FBCFE85EC7" box="[479,685,904,926]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.48</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF3FBCECA5EC7" box="[705,911,904,926]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.26</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF3FBC9255EC7" box="[934,1120,904,926]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.73</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F3FBC9F25EC7" box="[1149,1207,904,926]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.185</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF3FBC9B85EC7" box="[1233,1277,904,926]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.28</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F3FBC8CA5EC7" box="[1309,1423,904,926]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">1.732.48</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F3C2C8CA5E9E" box="[159,1423,945,967]" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F3C2CD975E9E" box="[159,210,945,967]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">NW</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F3C2CC815E9E" box="[236,452,945,967]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.14</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F3C2CFE85E9E" box="[479,685,945,967]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.19</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF3C2CECA5E9E" box="[705,911,945,967]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.1</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF3C2C9255E9E" box="[934,1120,945,967]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.1</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F3C2C9F25E9E" box="[1149,1207,945,967]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.133</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF3C2C9B85E9E" box="[1233,1277,945,967]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.04</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F3C2C8CA5E9E" box="[1309,1423,945,967]" gridcol="7" gridrow="12" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.10.19</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F3A9C8CA5EA9" box="[159,1423,986,1008]" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F3A9CD975EA9" box="[159,210,986,1008]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">SE</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F3A9CC815EA9" box="[236,452,986,1008]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.65</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F3A9CFE85EA9" box="[479,685,986,1008]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.69</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF3A9CECA5EA9" box="[705,911,986,1008]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.31</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF3A9C9255EA9" box="[934,1120,986,1008]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.04</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F3A9C9F25EA9" box="[1149,1207,986,1008]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.423</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF3A9C9B85EA9" box="[1233,1277,986,1008]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.27</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F3A9C8CA5EA9" box="[1309,1423,986,1008]" gridcol="7" gridrow="13" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">2.042.69</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F477C8CA5943" box="[159,1423,1028,1050]" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F477CD975943" box="[159,210,1028,1050]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">SG</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F477CC815943" box="[236,452,1028,1050]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">6.68</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F477CFE85943" box="[479,685,1028,1050]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">6.81</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF477CECA5943" box="[705,911,1028,1050]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">5.97</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF477C9255943" box="[934,1120,1028,1050]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">4.63</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F477C9F25943" box="[1149,1207,1028,1050]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">6.023</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF477C9B85943" box="[1233,1277,1028,1050]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.87</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F477C8CA5943" box="[1309,1423,1028,1050]" gridcol="7" gridrow="14" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">4.636.81</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F45EC8CA591A" box="[159,1423,1069,1091]" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F45ECD97591A" box="[159,210,1069,1091]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">SN</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F45ECC81591A" box="[236,452,1069,1091]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.32</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F45ECFE8591A" box="[479,685,1069,1091]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.33</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF45ECECA591A" box="[705,911,1069,1091]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.32</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF45EC925591A" box="[934,1120,1069,1091]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.31</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F45EC9F2591A" box="[1149,1207,1069,1091]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.32</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF45EC9B8591A" box="[1233,1277,1069,1091]" gridcol="6" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.01</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F45EC8CA591A" box="[1309,1423,1069,1091]" gridcol="7" gridrow="15" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">0.310.33</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F425C8CA5935" box="[159,1423,1110,1132]" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F425CD975935" box="[159,210,1110,1132]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">SVL</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F425CC815935" box="[236,452,1110,1132]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">168</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F425CFE85935" box="[479,685,1110,1132]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">208</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF425CECA5935" box="[705,911,1110,1132]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">157</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF425C9255935" box="[934,1120,1110,1132]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">93</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F425C9F25935" box="[1149,1207,1110,1132]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">156.5</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF425C9B85935" box="[1233,1277,1110,1132]" gridcol="6" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">41.3</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F425C8CA5935" box="[1309,1423,1110,1132]" gridcol="7" gridrow="16" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">93208</td>
</tr>
<tr id="00E834FC4C5D005E5ED3F4F3C8CA59CF" box="[159,1423,1152,1174]" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">
<th id="43395D804C5D005E5ED3F4F3CD9759CF" box="[159,210,1152,1174]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">TaL</th>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5EA0F4F3CC8159CF" box="[236,452,1152,1174]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">25.11</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5F93F4F3CFE859CF" box="[479,685,1152,1174]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">16.43</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5C8DF4F3CECA59CF" box="[705,911,1152,1174]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">12.17</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5DEAF4F3C92559CF" box="[934,1120,1152,1174]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">13.57</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A31F4F3C9F259CF" box="[1149,1207,1152,1174]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">16.82</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5A9DF4F3C9B859CF" box="[1233,1277,1152,1174]" gridcol="6" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">5.03</td>
<td id="43395D804C5D005E5B51F4F3C8CA59CF" box="[1309,1423,1152,1174]" gridcol="7" gridrow="17" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">12.225.1</td>
</tr>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25E8BF485CCC55856" bold="true" box="[199,384,1270,1295]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Head scalation.</emphasis>
Head scalation includes 1 internasal, 2 prefrontals, 2 supraoculars, 1 frontal, and 2 parietals (
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). Rostral small, convex, wider than long and rounded in lateral, dorsal and ventral aspects. Nasal vertically divided by a groove above nostril (
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). Internasal large, irregular hexagonal; widely in contact with prefrontals. Two large prefrontals, longer and wider than internasals, largest distance along the longitudinal axis of prefrontals shorter than frontal (
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) in length, anterior-most corner of prefrontals touching nasal, bordered by 2
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and 3
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supralabial, preocular scale, eye, supraocular and frontal. Preocular small, not in contact with supraocular. Loreal and subocular scales absent. Supraocular smaller than frontal. Two postoculars, lower one larger than upper. Two parietals; largest scales on head. Temporals 1+2/1+2. Supralabials 6/6, 4
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touching eye, progressively increasing in size from 1
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to 6
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(
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). Mental small and triangular, wider than long. Infralabials 6/6, first pair in contact, progressively increasing in size from 1
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to 6
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. Anterior chin shields 2, large, touching 14 infralabials. Posterior chin shields 2, anterior half in contact, posterior portion separated by 1
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ventral (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25E8BF6E0CCC55BF5" bold="true" box="[199,384,1683,1708]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Body scalation.</emphasis>
Ventrals 124, 1
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ventral longer than wide; subcaudals 24, all single; anal single and large; dorsal scale rows 151515; laterally prominent spine like tubercles present on two scale rows nearest to the subcaudals, and its protrusion reducing towards upper scale rows in the ischiadic, anal and tail base regions (
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); vertebral rows and first coastal not enlarged; no apical pit.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25E8BF750CCAF5A65" bold="true" box="[199,490,1827,1852]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Hemipenis morphology.</emphasis>
Based on
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specimen: right everted hemipenis extends for length of 3 subcaudals. Everted organ single subcylindrical, globular, sulcus spermaticus simple. Basal to apex region bearing prominent spines which are evenly distributed and are in uniform length (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5DFFA25E8BF7FCCC295AF1" bold="true" box="[199,364,1935,1960]" pageId="3" pageNumber="268">Colour in life.</emphasis>
Supralabials and infralabials light yellow, with dark margins separating each scale (
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). Entire dorsum reddish brown colour, much paler towards anterior and each scale having tiny dark spots (
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). Three irregular dotted lines on dorsum (
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). These are symmetrically placed and continues from neck to tail end. Prominent light brown stripe continues dorsolaterally from neck to tail end, marked due to much darker regions which constitutes of dotted lines below and above this region. These lines continue from neck to tail end. Venter primarily peach, with black blotching all over; gular region yellow.
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55EDBF4B5CC575985" bold="true" box="[151,274,1222,1244]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Dorsal aspect of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55F88F4B5CF335985" box="[452,630,1222,1244]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
, the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2019.01.02) in life.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5AFFA55E8BF57ACC64581F" blockId="4.[151,1437,1289,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55E8BF57ACCE5587B" bold="true" box="[199,416,1289,1314]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Colour in alcohol.</emphasis>
Colour pattern remains unchanged. Pupil changes to off white. Darker regions fades to a light brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5AFFA55E8BF522CCD658D7" blockId="4.[151,1437,1289,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55E8BF522CCFA5833" bold="true" box="[199,447,1361,1386]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Variations in colour.</emphasis>
In an unpreserved male specimen (
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) except the head region and ventre the entire body was black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5AFFA55E8BF5EAC99A5B8B" blockId="4.[151,1437,1289,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55E8BF5EACCCA58EB" bold="true" box="[199,399,1433,1458]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Natural History.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55FD6F5EACF2658E8" box="[410,611,1433,1457]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55C22F5EACF8958EB" bold="true" box="[622,716,1433,1458]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
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</emphasis>
have been observed commonly in its habitat (
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). The species is confined to Knuckles conservation area, and is found in and above the lower montane forests of Knuckles. Authors have observed the snake from
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up to
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above sea level (
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). The habitat of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55BC8F591CDAB5B44" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">A. desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55EB8F676CC0B5B47" bold="true" box="[244,334,1541,1566]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
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</emphasis>
is closed canopy forests dominated by
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55D48F675CE2C5B44" box="[772,873,1542,1565]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Syzigium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (
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). The moist-cooler habitat is densely occupied with large and medium sized trees which are heavily covered with epiphytes. No direct sunlight falls to the forest floor, and the undergrowth was not well established where the individuals were found. Relatively thin litter cover was observed in the habitat. Commonly observed under leaf litter and loose soil while they were also observed under rocks, boulders, and decaying logs. Individuals come out to the surface during the day time. Reddish brown latosolic soil in the locality is more or less similar to the body colour of the snake.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F6C265354C5AFFA55E8BF6AECF595A97" pageId="4" pageNumber="269" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5AFFA55E8BF6AECC1C5ADC" blockId="4.[151,1437,1289,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55E8BF6AECC0B5BAF" bold="true" box="[199,334,1757,1782]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named in honor of Pilippu Hewa Don Hemasiri de Silva (Dr. P. H. D. H. de Silva), a former Director (
<date id="CA66107E4C5AFFA55F27F772CCA25A43" box="[363,487,1793,1818]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269" value="1965" valueMax="1981">1965-1981</date>
) of the National Museums of
<collectingCountry id="C6CF762E4C5AFFA55D76F772CEE85A43" box="[826,941,1793,1818]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
. In recognition of his tireless services to the country, while in service and through his many publications specially as the author of the book titled “
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55B41F756CC585A38" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
Snake Fauna of
<collectingCountry id="C6CF762E4C5AFFA55EFFF739CC585A38" box="[179,285,1865,1889]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55F66F73ACE815A38" box="[298,964,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">with special reference to skull, dentition and venom in snakes</emphasis>
”. The species epithet
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55AF0F73AC8565A38" box="[1212,1299,1865,1889]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a noun in the genitive case.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C5AFFA55E8BF7E2CF595A97" blockId="4.[151,1437,1289,1998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55E8BF7E2CF4E5AF3" bold="true" box="[199,523,1937,1962]" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">Suggested common names.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55C58F7E2CFA15AF0" box="[532,740,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">desilvage madilla,</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5AFFA55D53F7E2C9215AF0" box="[799,1124,1937,1961]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="269">de Silvas Rough-Side Snake</emphasis>
in native Sinhala language and English language respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5BFFA45EDBF75ECC535A1B" bold="true" box="[151,278,1837,1859]" pageId="5" pageNumber="270">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5BFFA45F53F75ECC905A1A" box="[287,469,1837,1859]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="270">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C5BFFA45F92F75DCF745A1A" bold="true" box="[478,561,1838,1859]" pageId="5" pageNumber="270">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="979F57D74C5BFFA45F92F75DCF745A1A" box="[478,561,1838,1859]" pageId="5" pageNumber="270" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2019.01.02), head; (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, and (C) ventral, aspects. Scale bars: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C58FFA75EDBF7FECEE75A98" blockId="6.[151,1436,1932,1985]" pageId="6" pageNumber="271">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C58FFA75EDBF7FECC565AFB" bold="true" box="[151,275,1933,1955]" pageId="6" pageNumber="271">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Presence of spine like tubercles laterally on ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C58FFA75A29F7FFC85D5AFB" box="[1125,1304,1932,1954]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="271">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C58FFA75B53F7FEC82A5AFB" bold="true" box="[1311,1391,1933,1954]" pageId="6" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="979F57D74C58FFA75B53F7FEC82A5AFB" box="[1311,1391,1933,1954]" pageId="6" pageNumber="271" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2019.01.02), (A) lateral, and (B) ventral, aspects.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EAA766364C59FFA65EDBF410CFF759C1" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626982/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" startId="7.[151,250,1123,1145]" targetBox="[164,1424,208,1087]" targetPageId="7">
<paragraph id="BE6736BE4C59FFA65EDBF410CFF759C1" blockId="7.[151,1436,1123,1176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65EDBF410CC565921" bold="true" box="[151,275,1123,1145]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Hemipenial morphology of the right everted hemipenis of
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65D23F410C9645920" box="[879,1057,1123,1145]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65A64F410C93C5921" bold="true" box="[1064,1145,1123,1144]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="979F57D74C59FFA65A64F410C93C5921" box="[1064,1145,1123,1144]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the holotype male (NMSL- NH 2019.01.02), (A) sulcate and, (B) asulcate views.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65E8BF4CCCC275981" bold="true" box="[199,354,1215,1240]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Comparison.</emphasis>
The new species was compared with all known congeners of the genus
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65AC9F4CCC9AE598E" box="[1157,1259,1215,1239]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the species most closely resembles
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65FFCF497CF7759A2" box="[432,562,1252,1275]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65FFCF497CF6B59A2" box="[432,558,1252,1275]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ravanai">A. ravanai</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65C3DF497CE6E59A2" box="[625,811,1251,1275]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65C3DF497CE6D59A2" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1860" box="[625,808,1251,1275]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trachyprocta">A. trachyprocta</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
due to the following combination of characters: one preocular, two postoculars, 1+2 temporals, supralabials 6, 4
<superScript id="49AD9BF64C59FFA65D04F575CE11584D" attach="left" box="[840,852,1286,1300]" fontSize="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">th</superScript>
supralabial in contact with the eye, infralabials 6, coastals 15, single cloacal scale, and overlapping ventral and subcaudal counts, but can easily be distinguished by the following morphological characters: from
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65CD6F521CE555833" box="[666,784,1362,1386]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. ravanai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: entire dorsum brown colour, much paler towards anterior and each scale having tiny dark spots in
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65CCFF505CE0958D7" box="[643,844,1398,1422]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65D14F505CEF358D6" bold="true" box="[856,950,1398,1423]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="979F57D74C59FFA65D14F505CEF358D6" box="[856,950,1398,1423]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(vs. entire dorsum jet black in
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65B79F505CDAB58EB" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura ravanai</emphasis>
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), ventrolaterally darker region which constitutes of irregular longitudinal dotted lines (vs. ventrolaterally an irregular longitudinal yellow stripe), laterally prominent spine like tubercles present on two scale rows nearest to the subcaudals, and its protrusion reducing towards upper scale rows (vs. entire coastal rows coarsely keeled, with 13 peaks on each scale) in males (
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&amp;
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65C84F674CFA65B46" box="[712,739,1543,1567]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[202,1406,247,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[152,1435,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 10. Ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of Aspidura ravanai, the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2017.19.01), (A) dorsal (entire coastal rows coarsely keeled), (B) lateral (coarsely keeled, with 13 peaks on each scale), and (C) ventral aspects. Head, showing snout to eye distance 3.2 times its eye width; (D) dorsal, and (E) lateral aspects. Scale bar: 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">10</figureCitation>
AC), entire coastal rows of the ischiadic, anal and tail base regions smooth (vs. feebly keeled) in females, snout to eye distance about 2.5 times its eye width (vs. 3.2 times in
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65EDBF63DCC4B5B3F" box="[151,270,1614,1638]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ravanai">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65EDBF63DCC4B5B3F" box="[151,270,1614,1638]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. ravanai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65F64F63DCCD15B3E" box="[296,404,1614,1639]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[193,1373,225,1739]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[152,1435,193,1816]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Aspidura desilvai sp. nov., the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2019.01.02), head; (A) dorsal, (B) lateral, and (C) ventral, aspects. Scale bars: 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626978/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Figures 3</figureCitation>
&amp;
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65FF7F63CCC935B3E" box="[443,470,1615,1639]" captionStart="FIGURE 10" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[202,1406,247,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[152,1435,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 10. Ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of Aspidura ravanai, the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2017.19.01), (A) dorsal (entire coastal rows coarsely keeled), (B) lateral (coarsely keeled, with 13 peaks on each scale), and (C) ventral aspects. Head, showing snout to eye distance 3.2 times its eye width; (D) dorsal, and (E) lateral aspects. Scale bar: 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626992/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">10</figureCitation>
DE); from
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65C2FF63DCE275B3F" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1860" box="[611,866,1614,1638]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trachyprocta">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65C2FF63DCE275B3F" box="[611,866,1614,1638]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura trachyprocta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: entire dorsum brown colour, much paler towards anterior and each scale having tiny dark spots in
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65CB8F601CE345BD3" authority="Mendis Wickramasinghe &amp; Bandara &amp; Vidanapathirana &amp; Wickramasinghe, 2019" authorityName="Mendis Wickramasinghe &amp; Bandara &amp; Vidanapathirana &amp; Wickramasinghe" authorityYear="2019" box="[756,881,1650,1674]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="desilvai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65CB8F601CE345BD3" box="[756,881,1650,1674]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. desilvai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65D32F601CE9B5BD2" bold="true" box="[894,990,1650,1675]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="979F57D74C59FFA65D32F601CE9B5BD2" box="[894,990,1650,1675]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(vs. reddish-yellow to brown with a longitudinal black stripe on mid dorsum in
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65C30F6E5CE3F5BF7" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1860" box="[636,890,1686,1710]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trachyprocta">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65C30F6E5CE3F5BF7" box="[636,890,1686,1710]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Aspidura trachyprocta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), ventrolaterally darker region which constitutes of irregular longitudinal dotted lines (vs. black stripe), laterally prominent spine like tubercles present on two scale rows nearest to the subcaudals, and its protrusion reducing towards upper scale rows (vs. bulging spine like tubercles prominent laterally which reduces towards dorsum) of the ischiadic, anal and tail base regions in males (
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65ED2F755CC4F5A66" box="[158,266,1830,1855]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1933,1955]" captionTargetBox="[164,1423,205,1894]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[152,1435,193,1911]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. Presence of spine like tubercles laterally on ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of Aspidura desilvai sp. nov., the holotype male (NMSL-NH 2019.01.02), (A) lateral, and (B) ventral, aspects." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626980/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">Figures 4</figureCitation>
&amp;
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65F63F754CC0D5A66" box="[303,328,1831,1855]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[193,1356,243,1828]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[152,1435,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Presence of bulging spine like tubercles on ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of Aspidura trachyprocta, male (DWC 2017.05.03), (A) dorsal, (B) lateral and, (C) ventral aspects. Head showing snout to eye distance twice its eye width, (D) dorsal and, (E) lateral aspects. Scale bar: 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626994/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">11</figureCitation>
AC), entire coastal rows of the ischiadic, anal and tail base regions smooth (vs. feebly keeled) in females, snout to eye distance about 2.5 times its eye width (vs. twice in
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65D93F739C9CA5A3B" box="[991,1167,1866,1890]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. trachyprocta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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&amp;
<figureCitation id="26E32A3B4C59FFA65B70F739C8105A3B" box="[1340,1365,1866,1890]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[193,1356,243,1828]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[152,1435,193,1886]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 11. Presence of bulging spine like tubercles on ischiadic, tail base and anal regions of Aspidura trachyprocta, male (DWC 2017.05.03), (A) dorsal, (B) lateral and, (C) ventral aspects. Head showing snout to eye distance twice its eye width, (D) dorsal and, (E) lateral aspects. Scale bar: 1 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/2626994/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">11</figureCitation>
DE); from
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65E9AF71DCCD55ADF" box="[214,400,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. brachyorrhos</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DA494B4F4C59FFA65FD5F71DCF5F5ADE" author="Boie, F." box="[409,538,1902,1927]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" pagination="508 - 566" refId="ref4324" refString="Boie, F. (1827) Bemerkungen uber Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg. 1820. Erste Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken, 20 (10): col. 508 - 566." type="journal article" year="1827">Boie, 1827</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, by having 15 coastals (vs. 17), preocular not in contact with supraocular (vs. contact), prefrontal contact with eye (vs. separate), single subcaudals (vs. paired); from
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65A38F7E1C9955AF3" box="[1140,1232,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. copei</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DA494B4F4C59FFA65A9BF7E1C83D5AF2" author="Gunther, A." box="[1239,1400,1938,1963]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" refId="ref4700" refString="Gunther, A. (1864) The Reptiles of British India. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, xxvii + 452 pp." type="book" year="1864">Günther, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by having coastals 15 (vs. 17), single subcaudals (vs. paired), single preocular (vs. absent); from
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C59FFA65A94F7C4CCD05AAB" authority="Gans &amp; Fetcho, 1982" authorityName="Gans &amp; Fetcho" authorityYear="1982" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deraniyagalae">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C59FFA65A94F7C4C8D95A97" box="[1240,1436,1974,1998]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="272">A. deraniyagalae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DA494B4F4C59FFA65EDBF7A9CCD05AAB" author="Gans, C. &amp; Fetcho, J. R." box="[151,405,2010,2035]" pageId="7" pageNumber="272" pagination="271 - 316" refId="ref4635" refString="Gans, C. &amp; Fetcho, J. R. (1982) The Sri Lankan genus Aspidura (Serpentes, Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 51 (14), 271 - 316." type="journal article" year="1982">Gans &amp; Fetcho, 1982</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by having 15 coastals (vs. 17), ventrals 124139 (vs. 117122), single subcaudals (vs. paired); from
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<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C56FFA95F7BF0EBCF475DE9" box="[311,514,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="273">A. drummondhayi</emphasis>
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, by having single subcaudals (vs. paired), single preocular (vs. absent); from
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C56FFA95F78F0CFCF375D8C" authority="Ferguson, 1876" authorityName="Ferguson" authorityYear="1876" box="[308,626,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="273" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guentheri">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C56FFA95F78F0CFCCFB5D8D" box="[308,446,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="273">A. guentheri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DA494B4F4C56FFA95F88F0CECF375D8C" author="Ferguson, W." box="[452,626,188,213]" pageId="8" pageNumber="273" pagination="819 - 820" refId="ref4515" refString="Ferguson, W. (1876) Description of a new snake of the genus Aspidura from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 819 - 820. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1876. tb 02619. x" type="book chapter" year="1876">Ferguson, 1876</bibRefCitation>
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by having 15 coastals (vs. 17), ventrals 124139 (vs. 100127); from
<taxonomicName id="79D84D3D4C56FFA95BC8F0CFCCA05DA1" authority="(Gunther, 1858)" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1858" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Aspidura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="273" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
<emphasis id="8CACEAAC4C56FFA95BC8F0CFCC5D5DA1" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="273">A. ceylonensis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, by prefrontal touching eye (vs. not touching eye), preocular does not touch supraocular (vs. touches), lower postocular larger than the upper (vs. vise versa), mid body coastals not keeled (vs. coarsely keeled).
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