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Fig.
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF047913FE363E76" box="[151,415,1069,1093]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Dipsadomorphus barnesii</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF047973FE8F3E57" box="[151,294,1100,1124]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Boiga barnesi</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2EFFF8FED37975FE113E57" author="Smith, M. A." box="[320,440,1099,1124]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" 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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Samarawickrama
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FDEB7973FD0C3E57" box="[632,677,1100,1124]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">et al</emphasis>
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. 2005
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF047955FE843EB1" box="[151,301,1130,1154]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Boiga barnesii</emphasis>
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Males (n=2).
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.24.11, a male from Ceylon.
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Other specimen:
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25360, a male also from
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF5479CDFEE73F3E" bold="true" box="[199,334,1267,1293]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Etymology.</emphasis>
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Patronym named after Richard Hawkswoth Barnes who collected the
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in
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<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2EFFF8FB7B79CDFA943F3E" box="[1256,1341,1267,1293]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2EFFF8FF547828FAB73FD7" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2EFFF8FF547828FAB73FD7" blockId="9.[151,1437,1194,2044]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF547828FEEB3F02" bold="true" box="[199,322,1302,1329]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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A species of
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FE4B7829FDB23F03" box="[472,539,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Boiga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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endemic to
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<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2EFFF8FD367828FCBC3F03" box="[677,789,1302,1328]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
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, having 19 midbody scale rows (vs.
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FA847829FE493F67" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FA847829FA313F03" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[1303,1432,1302,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">B. nuchalis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FF047805FEBF3F67" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[151,278,1338,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">B. dightoni</taxonomicName>
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,
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FEB27805FE493F67" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[289,480,1338,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">B. andamanensis</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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||
); preoculars 3 on each side of head (vs. preocular
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||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2EFFF8FB877804FB963F67" box="[1044,1087,1338,1364]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
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all South Asian congeners); 3
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supraocular not touching the eye (vs. touching the eye in all other South Asian congeners); vertebral scale row feebly enlarged (vs. strongly enlarged in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FDAC78BDFB413FAF" box="[575,1256,1410,1436]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FDAC78BDFCA93FAF" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[575,768,1410,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">B. andamanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FC9F78BDFC073FAF" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[780,942,1410,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">B. ceylonensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FC2A78BDFBE13FAF" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[953,1096,1410,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">B. beddomei</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FBC078BDFB413FAF" box="[1107,1256,1410,1436]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
); series of large oblong blotched pattern dorsally (vs. cross bars dorsally in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FCBC7898FC793F8C" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[815,976,1445,1471]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FCBC7898FC793F8C" box="[815,976,1445,1471]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); ventrolateral region with distinct white and black adjacent blotches (vs. such pattern absent in all South Asian congeners except
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2EFFF8FBEB78F4FAA43FD0" box="[1144,1293,1481,1507]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FBEB78F4FAA43FD0" box="[1144,1293,1481,1507]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">B. thackerayi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2EFFF8FF5478D2FBC13DA3" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2EFFF8FF5478D2FD603D16" blockId="9.[151,1437,1194,2044]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF5478D2FD993C34" bold="true" box="[199,560,1516,1543]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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||
Redescription of the
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||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2EFFF8FE5178D3FD823C34" box="[450,555,1517,1543]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
.
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
A small-sized snake reaching
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2EFFF8FC1A78D2FC4E3C34" box="[905,999,1516,1543]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.72" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" unit="mm" value="572.0">572 mm</quantity>
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||
total length, with slender habitus, thin neck, wide head; long tail (relative tail length 22.6%); 19–19–14 dorsal scale rows; rostral visible from above; preoculars 3 on each side of head; postoculars 2; loreal 1; supralabials 8, with 4
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<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2EFFF8FC6D7B0DFBA23C72" attach="none" box="[1022,1035,1587,1601]" fontSize="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">th</superScript>
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, 5
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<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2EFFF8FBBB7B0DFB9C3C72" attach="left" box="[1064,1077,1587,1601]" fontSize="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">th</superScript>
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touching eye; infralabials 10/9, with 1–4 touching chin shields; temporals 10; preventral 2; ventrals 217, angulate laterally; cloacal 1; subcaudals 96 pairs. Dorsum dark greyish-brown, with 47 (32 on body, 15 on tail) blackish-brown, oblong blotches; interspaces often with sparse dark dots; a large dark wash covering the entire top aspect of head from rostrum to occiput; very broad postocular stripe up to jaw angle; labials, chin and venter ashy white, getting darker posteriorly; underside finely spotted with darker hue; venter edged along both sides with a series of large adjacent white and black blotches, alternating at an interval of every 3–4 ventrals.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2EFFF8FF547A10FBC13DA3" blockId="9.[151,1437,1194,2044]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF547A10FE963D7A" bold="true" box="[199,319,1838,1865]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Variation.</emphasis>
|
||
Other specimens agreeing with
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2EFFF8FD3F7A10FCA73D7B" box="[684,782,1838,1864]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
in most aspects; our second male examined show the following variation: snout to vent length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2EFFF8FDD07A6CFD0A3D5E" box="[579,675,1874,1901]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4399999999999995" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" unit="mm" value="444.0">444 mm</quantity>
|
||
; tail length
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2EFFF8FCB47A6CFC2E3D5E" box="[807,903,1874,1901]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.23" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" unit="mm" value="123.0">123 mm</quantity>
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||
; relative tail length 22.9%; posterior scale rows 13; temporals 19; ventrals 218; subcaudals 100 pairs; number of cross bars 66 on body.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2EFFF8FF547AA7FBEA3DCF" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2EFFF8FF547AA7FBEA3DCF" blockId="9.[151,1437,1194,2044]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">
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||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FF547AA7FDE73D87" bold="true" box="[199,590,1945,1972]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Distribution and natural history.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is endemic to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2EFFF8FC107AA4FC593D87" box="[899,1008,1946,1972]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2EFFF8FC6C7AA4FB5A3D87" author="Das, I. & De Silva, A." box="[1023,1267,1945,1972]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" refId="ref12663" refString="Das, I. & De Silva, A. (2005) A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of Sri Lanka. New Holland Publ., London, 144 pp." type="book" year="2005">Das & De Silva 2005</bibRefCitation>
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||
) (Fig. 13). It is restricted to the wet forest zones in the hilly, central and southwestern provinces of the island (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2EFFF8FB5B7A80FA383DEB" author="Somaweera, R." box="[1224,1425,1981,2008]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" refId="ref14113" refString="Somaweera, R. (2006) The Snakes of Sri Lanka. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 270 pp. [in Sinhala]" type="book" year="2006">Somaweera 2006</bibRefCitation>
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||
). Definite records of this species are from near Kandy (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2EFFF8FD637ADFFB9E3DCF" author="Samarawickrama, V. A. M. P. K. & Samarawickrama, V. A. P. & Wijesena, N. M. & Orlov, N. L." box="[752,1079,2017,2044]" pageId="9" pageNumber="310" pagination="213 - 222" refId="ref13922" refString="Samarawickrama, V. A. M. P. K., Samarawickrama, V. A. P., Wijesena, N. M. & Orlov, N. L. (2005) A new species of genus Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) from Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 12 (3), 213 - 222." type="journal article" year="2005">
|
||
Samarawickrama
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2EFFF8FC287ADCFC453DC8" box="[955,1004,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="310">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2005
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |