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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFCABC977FBADFA9B" bold="true" box="[835,1099,1359,1386]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Teretrurus rhodogaster</emphasis>
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,
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1921.
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Wall,
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Nat. Hist. Soc
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.,
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: p. 41
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described this species as
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFC8ECABDFB4FF96E" box="[870,1193,1669,1695]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Brachyophidium rhodogaster</emphasis>
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Pyron
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFCA8CACAFC94F8FA" box="[832,882,1777,1803]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">et al</emphasis>
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCAFFCCFC33CAC9FB97F8FD" author="Smith, M. A." box="[987,1137,1777,1804]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31" pagination="583" refId="ref8648" refString="Smith, M. A. 1943. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Vol-III Serpentes. Taylor & Francis, London, UK; p. 583." type="book chapter" year="1943">Smith (1943)</bibRefCitation>
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synonymized the monotypic genus
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFC73CB2DFBB6F8DE" box="[923,1104,1813,1839]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Brachyophidium</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCAFFCCFB8FCB2DFB0BF8C1" author="Wall, F." box="[1127,1261,1813,1840]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31" pagination="41 - 42" refId="ref8863" refString="Wall, F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 41 - 42." type="journal article" year="1921">Wall, 1921</bibRefCitation>
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with
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFAA6CB2EFA26F8DE" box="[1358,1472,1814,1839]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Teretrurus</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCAFFCCFCABCB01FC1DF8A2" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[835,1019,1849,1875]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">Beddome, 1886</bibRefCitation>
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, giving it the combination
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFAA6CB02FC22F886" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Teretrurus rhodogaster</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Later authors (
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;
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Pyron
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF07CCEAFEC7FF1A" box="[239,289,209,235]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">et al</emphasis>
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., 2016
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) challenged this interpretation based on disparate head scalations compared to
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFD9FCCCEFD0FFEFE" box="[631,745,246,271]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFD9FCCCEFD0FFEFE" box="[631,745,246,271]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Teretrurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. But recent phylogenetic study (Cyriac & Kothandaramaiah, 2017) supports the stance of
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<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFE0ACD05FD93FEA9" author="Smith, M. A." box="[482,629,317,344]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="583" refId="ref8648" refString="Smith, M. A. 1943. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Vol-III Serpentes. Taylor & Francis, London, UK; p. 583." type="book chapter" year="1943">Smith (1943)</bibRefCitation>
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in considering
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<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFF48CD59FEB3FE8A" box="[160,341,353,379]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Brachyophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF48CD59FEB3FE8A" box="[160,341,353,379]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Brachyophidium</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
as a synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFDFCCD5AFD60FE8A" box="[532,646,354,379]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFDFCCD5AFD60FE8A" box="[532,646,354,379]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Teretrurus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCBFFCDFF48CDABFE2BFDE8" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFF48CDABFE2BFDE8" blockId="7.[160,798,403,537]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
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||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF48CDABFE75FE5C" box="[160,403,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Differential Diagnosis</emphasis>
|
||
: A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFDD7CDACFD57FE5C" box="[575,689,404,429]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFDD7CDACFD57FE5C" box="[575,689,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Teretrurus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
endemic to the Palni-Anamalai hill complex, lacking a distinct supraocular scale (vs. possessing in
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFDBECDE4FE5BFDE8" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFDBECDE4FD10FE04" box="[598,758,476,501]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">T. sanguineus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFCE0CDE4FED1FDE8" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Rhinophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">T. travancoricus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFEA9CE38FE5BFDE8" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[321,445,511,537]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">T. hewstoni</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCBFFCDFF48CE08FD21FA3F" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFF48CE08FD21FA3F" blockId="7.[158,799,560,1487]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
|
||
Description and variation:
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFE3CCE09FD20FDBB" box="[468,710,561,586]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Measurements in mm</emphasis>
|
||
: snoutvent length: 159-163; tail length: 13.5-19; head length: 6.7-8.2; head width: 5-5.5; body width 5.5-7; eye diameter: 1; eye-snout distance: 2-2.2; inter-orbital distance: 3.3-4; inter-narial distance: 0.8-1.
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFE3ECEF8FDCAFD2B" box="[470,556,704,730]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Habitus</emphasis>
|
||
: Small-bodied, trunk cylindrical to slightly compressed, especially near tail; body fairly slender; head not distinct from neck, as wide as midbody; snout fairly pointed to slightly rounded in profile; tail small, abruptly ending in a short pointed spur.
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF77CF4CFEE2FC7F" box="[159,260,884,910]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Scalation</emphasis>
|
||
: scales smooth, cycloid, without apical pits; nasal scales entire, pierced by nostrils; nasals in broad midline contact, not separated by rostrum; prefrontal abnormally elongate and much produced, as large as frontal, but a bit smaller than parietal; head scales lacking pre-, post-oculars; supraocular not discernable, at least partially fused with ocular scale; temporal present; mental groove absent; dorsal scales in 13:15:15 rows, with 13-->15 at 38-40th ventral scales; supralabials 4/4; infralabials 4/5; ventrals 142-146; subcaudals 7-10 pairs; terminal caudal scales keeled, with a single sharp projection in the end.
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF48C938FEC2FAEB" box="[160,292,1280,1306]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Colouration</emphasis>
|
||
: dorsum purplish or dark cherry red to maroon coloured, with orange crescent-shaped collar mark and bright washes along the sides; venter uniform and unpatterned bright orange to pink (turning pale off-white in preservative); subcaudals orange medially, border on both sides by purplish black; eye black.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCBFFCDFF48C9DDFB57FB5B" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFF48C9DDFB57FB5B" blockId="7.[159,799,1509,1896]" lastBlockId="7.[861,1500,1059,1194]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFF48C9DDFDF5FA0E" box="[160,531,1509,1535]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Distribution and Natural History</emphasis>
|
||
: This species is known only from the Palni hills (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFE3CCA31FDB4F9D5" author="Wall, F." box="[468,594,1545,1572]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="41 - 42" refId="ref8863" refString="Wall, F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 41 - 42." type="journal article" year="1921">Wall, 1921</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFD89CA32FD7FF9D5" author="Wall, F." box="[609,665,1546,1572]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="556 - 557" refId="ref8795" refString="Wall, F. 1922. Acquisition of four more specimens of the snake (Brachyophidium rhodogaster, Wall), The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 556 - 557." type="journal article" year="1922">1922</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFD41CA32FD07F9D5" author="Wall, F." box="[681,737,1546,1572]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="388 - 398" refId="ref8831" refString="Wall, F. 1923. Notes on a collection of snakes from Shenbaganur, Palni Hills, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 29: 388 - 398." type="journal article" year="1923">1923</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and its vicinity including Vandaravu-Kodaikanal-Perumal Malai-Pandri Malai massifs.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFDE2CA69FD3AF99D" author="Rajendran, M. V." box="[522,732,1617,1644]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="132" refId="ref8492" refString="Rajendran, M. V. 1985. Studies in Uropeltid snakes, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India; p. 132." type="book chapter" year="1985">Rajendran (1985)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
also collected this species from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="BE4B84D2FFCBFFCDFE1CCA4EFDC2F961" box="[500,548,1654,1680]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality–Shenbaganur in Kodaikanal. This species inhabits high elevations above
|
||
<quantity id="A6089795FFCBFFCDFF77CA86FF10F929" box="[159,246,1726,1752]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" unit="m" value="1700.0">1700 m</quantity>
|
||
asl, in dense montane rainforest and grassland habitats. During
|
||
<date id="154E1CB0FFCBFFCDFE83CADAFE06F90D" box="[363,480,1762,1788]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" value="2014-06">June 2014</date>
|
||
and
|
||
<date id="154E1CB0FFCBFFCDFDCDCADAFD69F90D" box="[549,655,1761,1788]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" value="2015-01">Jan 2015</date>
|
||
, we located
|
||
<specimenCount id="77F6F1F9FFCBFFCDFF48CB3DFEFDF8EE" box="[160,283,1797,1823]" count="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" type="adult">four adults</specimenCount>
|
||
of this species in carrot, beetroot and potato plantations in Kodaikanal and also within natural forests under fallen logs strewn at the base of a thicket of Tree Ferns in Tiger Shola. On one occasion a pair (adult male and female) in accompaniment was sighted syntopic with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFCB5C853FB70FB74" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[861,1174,1131,1157]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="madurensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFCB5C853FB70FB74" box="[861,1174,1131,1157]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Platyplectrurus madurensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFB00C853FA3CFB74" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1863" box="[1256,1498,1131,1157]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Uropeltis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulneyensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFB00C853FA3CFB74" box="[1256,1498,1131,1157]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Uropeltis pulneyensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFC8DC8B7FC39FB58" author="Wall, F." box="[869,991,1167,1193]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="388 - 398" refId="ref8831" refString="Wall, F. 1923. Notes on a collection of snakes from Shenbaganur, Palni Hills, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 29: 388 - 398." type="journal article" year="1923">Wall, 1923</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFC01C8B7FB43FB5B" author="Rajendran, M. V." box="[1001,1189,1167,1194]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="132" refId="ref8492" refString="Rajendran, M. V. 1985. Studies in Uropeltid snakes, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India; p. 132." type="book chapter" year="1985">Rajendran, 1985</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |