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<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA8FFCDFE8BF911FDD9CEF0" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[374,554,1767,1791]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="281 - 310" refId="ref51211" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1934) Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, part IlI. - Amphibians and Reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 86, 281 - 310, pl. 17." type="journal article" year="1934">Taylor, 1934: 300</bibRefCitation>
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, Pl. 17:
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA8FFCDFF6AF8B2FE81CF54" box="[151,370,1859,1883]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Natrix deschauenseei</emphasis>
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103 (in part; the wide range given for this species is obviously erroneous);
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, 826: Fig. 52.
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA8FFCDFF6AF876FE4ECF97" box="[151,445,1920,1944]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA8FFCDFF6AF876FE49CF97" box="[151,442,1920,1944]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Macropophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deschauenseei">Macropophis deschauenseei</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA8FFCDFE2BF877FD6CCF97" author="Bourret, R." box="[470,671,1920,1944]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refId="ref45777" refString="Bourret, R. (1936 b) Les Serpents de l'Indochine. Tome II. Catalogue systematique descriptif. Henri Basuyau et Cie, Toulouse, 505 pp." type="book" year="1936">Bourret 1936b: 105</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA8FFCDFF6AF869FE54CFB8" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1934" box="[151,423,1951,1975]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Amphiesma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deschauenseei">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA8FFCDFF6AF869FE54CFB8" box="[151,423,1951,1975]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Amphiesma deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.—
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. 1999: 30;
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Chanhome
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA8FFCDFE9FF849FE7CCFD9" box="[354,399,1982,2006]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
. 2001: 58
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Nabhitabhata
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. 2007: 41
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, 54, 56 &amp; 59 (in part: specimens from
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Pauwels
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA8FFCDFE3BF82BFE01CFFB" box="[454,498,2012,2036]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
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(in part: mention of
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only);
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Cox
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FD25FF61FCF6C8A0" box="[728,773,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al</emphasis>
. 2012: 365
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&amp; 366, 367 (in part: mentions of
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only);
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FA88FF61FEDFC8C2" author="Das, I." pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refId="ref46816" refString="Das, I. (2012) A naturalist's guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. John Beaufroy Publishing, Oxford, 160 pp." type="book" year="2012">Das 2012: 113</bibRefCitation>
(in part: mention of
<collectingCountry id="C8841DC7FFA7FFC2FE03FF43FDABC8C2" box="[510,600,181,205]" name="Thailand" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Thailand</collectingCountry>
only); Chan-ard
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FCFBFF40FCC0C8C2" box="[774,819,181,205]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al</emphasis>
. 2015: 230.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF6AFF22FC41C8E3" blockId="40.[151,1436,150,328]" box="[151,946,212,236]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFF22FE8CC8E3" box="[151,383,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FF6AFF22FE88C8E3" baseAuthorityName="Taylor" baseAuthorityYear="1934" box="[151,379,212,236]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Hebius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deschauenseei">Hebius deschauenseei</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
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Guo
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE34FF23FE05C8E3" box="[457,502,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">et al</emphasis>
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(implicitely);
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF6AFF05FBFCC926" blockId="40.[151,1436,150,328]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FF6AFF05FEC1C904" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1943" box="[151,306,243,267]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Natrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modesta">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFF05FEC1C904" box="[151,306,243,267]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Natrix modesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(nec
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FE96FF05FDA5C904" box="[363,598,243,267]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Tropidonotus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE96FF05FDA5C904" box="[363,598,243,267]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Tropidonotus modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
G̹nther, 1875).—
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FCEBFF05FC69C905" author="Mell, R." box="[790,922,242,267]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refId="ref49156" refString="Mell, R. (1929) Beitrage zur Fauna Sinica. IV. Grunzuge einer Okologie der chinesischen Reptilien und einer herpetologischen Tiergeographie Chinas. Walter de Gruyter &amp; Co., Berlin and Leipzig, ix + 282 pp., 6 pls." type="book" year="1929">Mell 1929: 5</bibRefCitation>
, 16, 145 (in part: mention from “Nordsiam” only), 147 (in part: mention from “Nordsiam” only) &amp; 157;
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FD1BFEE7FC62C926" author="Smith, M. A." box="[742,913,273,297]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refId="ref50894" 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. Vol. III. Serpentes. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, xii + 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith 1943: 285</bibRefCitation>
, 290 &amp; 291.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF6AFEC6FD85C947" blockId="40.[151,1436,150,328]" box="[151,630,304,328]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FF6AFEC6FE9BC947" authorityName="Malnate" authorityYear="1960" box="[151,360,304,328]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Amphiesma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modesta">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFEC6FE9BC947" box="[151,360,304,328]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Amphiesma modesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.—
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FE78FEC6FD82C947" author="Nabhitabhata, J." box="[389,625,304,328]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 42" refId="ref49474" refString="Nabhitabhata, J. (1987) Wildlife in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Kog-ma Watershed Research Bulletin, 48, 1 - 42." type="journal article" year="1987">Nabhitabhata 1987: 42</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF6AFE80FAF7CA2F" blockId="40.[151,1437,374,1408]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFE80FE35C99F" bold="true" box="[151,454,374,400]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Specimens examined (17)</emphasis>
.—
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FE14FE80FF17C9BB" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE14FE80FDA5C99F" bold="true" box="[489,598,374,400]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<collectingCountry id="C8841DC7FFA7FFC2FE14FE80FDA5C99F" box="[489,598,374,400]" name="Thailand" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Thailand</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
.
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA7FFC2FD99FE80FCAAC99F" box="[612,857,374,400]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Mai" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Chiang Mai Province</collectingRegion>
. BMNH 1969.17211725, “Pa Meang, Me Nga, N. Siam”,
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FF17FE6DFAAEC9BA" box="[234,1373,410,437]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">BMNH 1974.5193, “Pa Meang, Me Nga, N. Thailand”, now in the vicinity of Pa Muang (or Pamuang);</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FA9EFE6CFD40C9D7" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
CUB MZ(R)5, Forestry Station, Doi Suthep,
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;
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FD46FE48FBD5C9D7" box="[699,1062,446,473]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">CUB MZ(R)36118, Doi Suthep;</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FBD3FE49FE39C9F3" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
FMNH 178396178398,
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.
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA7FFC2FF29FE14FE36C9F3" box="[212,453,482,508]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Rai" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Chiang Rai Province</collectingRegion>
.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FE2FFE15FE8CCA2F" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
BMNH 1969.1719, “Doi Chang”, now Doi Chang (Mt. Chang),
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. Unspecified locality.
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FE7BFDF1FC73CA2F" box="[390,896,518,545]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">BMNH 1921.4.1.69, “Hills of North Siam”;</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="00FB570AFFA7FFC2FC7AFDF0FAF7CA2F" box="[903,1284,518,545]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">CUB MZ(R)1999.63, “Thailand”.</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AFDDCFE90CB6B" blockId="40.[151,1437,374,1408]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF3AFDDCFE3DCA4B" bold="true" box="[199,462,554,580]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Taxonomic comments</emphasis>
.—This species was recognized as valid in the genus
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FBC2FDDDFB74CA4B" box="[1087,1159,555,580]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Natrix</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FB4AFDDDFA9DCA4A" author="Bourret, R." box="[1207,1390,554,581]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refId="ref45746" refString="Bourret, R. (1936 a) Les Serpents de l'Indochine. Tome I. Etudes sur la faune. Henri Basuyau et Cie, Toulouse, 141 pp." type="book" year="1936">Bourret (1936a)</bibRefCitation>
but
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placed it in the genus
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FDAEFDB8FD14CA67" box="[595,743,590,616]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Macropophis</emphasis>
Boulenger, 1893
</taxonomicName>
, a genus that was considered a synonym of
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFD84FECACA83" box="[151,313,626,652]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Tropidonophis</emphasis>
Jan, 1863
</taxonomicName>
which includes natricid species of the
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, eastern
<collectingCountry id="C8841DC7FFA7FFC2FBC5FD84FB56CA83" box="[1080,1189,626,652]" name="Indonesia" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
and Australasia (
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FA99FD84FE42CABF" author="Malnate, E. V. &amp; Underwood, G." pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="59 - 201" refId="ref48917" refString="Malnate, E. V. &amp; Underwood, G. (1988) Australasian natricine snakes of the genus Tropidonophis. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 140 (1), 59 - 201." type="journal article" year="1988">Malnate &amp; Underwood 1988</bibRefCitation>
). Subsequently
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FD9EFD61FCA7CABF" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1934" box="[611,852,662,688]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Natrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deschauenseei">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FD9EFD61FCA7CABF" box="[611,852,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Natrix deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FB9EFD61FB12CABF" authorityName="Malnate" authorityYear="1960" box="[1123,1249,662,688]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Amphiesma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modesta">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FB9EFD61FB12CABF" box="[1123,1249,662,688]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">N. modesta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(G̹nther, 1875) by
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FF41FD4CFE7DCADB" author="Smith, M. A." box="[188,398,698,724]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" refId="ref50894" 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. Vol. III. Serpentes. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, xii + 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith (1943: 290)</bibRefCitation>
, along with three other species now considered to be valid (see above under the account of
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFD28FEA6CAF7" box="[151,341,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Hebius modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Subsequently, the validity of
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FD53FD29FC6DCAF7" box="[686,926,734,760]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Natrix deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was recognized by
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FB85FD28FA9DCAF6" author="Taylor, E. H. &amp; Elbel, R. E." box="[1144,1390,734,761]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="1033 - 1189" refId="ref51290" refString="Taylor, E. H. &amp; Elbel, R. E. (1958) Contribution to the herpetology of Thailand. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 38 (2), 1033 - 1189. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 10972" type="journal article" year="1958">Taylor &amp; Elbel (1958)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FF6AFCF4FEC6CB12" author="Taylor, E. H." box="[151,309,770,797]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="609 - 1096" refId="ref51258" refString="Taylor, E. H. (1965) The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 45 (9), 609 - 1096." type="journal article" year="1965">Taylor (1965)</bibRefCitation>
, and accepted by all subsequent authors, although
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FC86FCF5FBB2CB13" authorityName="Taylor" authorityYear="1934" box="[891,1089,770,796]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Natrix" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deschauenseei">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FC86FCF5FBB2CB13" box="[891,1089,770,796]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">H. deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not always been correctly identified, for example by
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA7FFC2FE3FFCD0FD5ACB4F" author="Nabhitabhata, J." box="[450,681,806,832]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" pagination="1 - 42" refId="ref49474" refString="Nabhitabhata, J. (1987) Wildlife in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Kog-ma Watershed Research Bulletin, 48, 1 - 42." type="journal article" year="1987">Nabhitabhata (1987)</bibRefCitation>
who confused it with
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FC58FCD1FBC3CB4F" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[933,1072,806,832]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Hebius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FC58FCD1FBC3CB4F" box="[933,1072,806,832]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">H. modestus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see above).
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FB3BFCD0FF30CB6B" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Hebius deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is monotypic.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F8890EDCFFA7FFC2FF3AFC98FE93CD8F" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AFC98FE93CD8F" blockId="40.[151,1437,374,1408]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF3AFC98FEC9CB87" bold="true" box="[199,314,878,904]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.—A moderately to large sized species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="779326D4FFA7FFC2FC7AFC98FC25CB87" authorityName="Thompson" authorityYear="1913" box="[903,982,878,904]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Hebius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FC7AFC98FC25CB87" box="[903,982,878,904]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Hebius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
characterized by the combination of
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FA81FC98FA6FCB87" bold="true" box="[1404,1436,878,904]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(1)</emphasis>
19-19-17 dorsal scale rows, moderately or weakly keeled at midbody, more strongly keeled posteriorly excepted scales of the 1
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DSR, all smooth;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FDE5FC40FDCACBDF" bold="true" box="[536,569,950,976]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(2)</emphasis>
dorsal scales around the base of the tail weakly keeled;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FB44FC40FB29CBDF" bold="true" box="[1209,1242,950,976]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(3)</emphasis>
head moderately distinct from the neck;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE65FC2CFE4ACBFB" bold="true" box="[408,441,986,1012]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(4)</emphasis>
eye rather large;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FD84FC2CFD69CBFB" bold="true" box="[633,666,986,1012]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(5)</emphasis>
2930 maxillary teeth, the last two moderately enlarged;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FAE4FC2CFAC9CBFB" bold="true" box="[1305,1338,986,1012]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(6)</emphasis>
tail long and tapering, with a ratio TaL/TL at least equal to 0.33;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FCEEFC08FCC7CC17" bold="true" box="[787,820,1022,1048]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(7)</emphasis>
VEN 149168;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FC13FC08FBFCCC17" bold="true" box="[1006,1039,1022,1048]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(8)</emphasis>
SC 115141;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FB4CFC08FB21CC17" bold="true" box="[1201,1234,1022,1048]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(9)</emphasis>
prefrontal 2;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FA93FC08FA6FCC17" bold="true" box="[1390,1436,1022,1048]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(10)</emphasis>
usually 5
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6
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SL entering orbit;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FDF3FBD4FDC9CC33" bold="true" box="[526,570,1058,1084]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(11)</emphasis>
1 anterior temporal;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FCD0FBD4FCA8CC33" bold="true" box="[813,859,1058,1084]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(12)</emphasis>
venter never entirely dark: along its whole length, creamish-yellow or pale yellowish-grey with three parallel rows of dark blotches, one on the outer part of each ventral, and one on the central part of the venter producing three irregular, parallel stripes separated from each other by a narrow, pale area;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE58FB78FE27CCA7" bold="true" box="[421,468,1166,1192]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(13)</emphasis>
dorsum and sides olive-brown, olive-grey or greyish-brown, sometimes dark brown;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFB44FF36CCC3" bold="true" box="[151,197,1202,1228]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(14)</emphasis>
dorsal surface with irregular, blackish-brown or very dark grey blotches, not producing a chequered pattern;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF6AFB20FF35CCFF" bold="true" box="[151,198,1238,1264]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(15)</emphasis>
a dorsolateral series of large, elongate blotches, yellow-ochre, rusty red or yellowish-brown, enlarged on the first quarter to third of the body, progressively smaller and united, forming a dorsolateral stripe, usually extending along the whole of the body on the 4
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5
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or 5
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6
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dorsal scale rows;
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FC50FAE8FC28CD37" bold="true" box="[941,987,1310,1336]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(16)</emphasis>
postocular streak present, not visible in dark specimens; and
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FE7EFAB4FE5BCD53" bold="true" box="[387,424,1346,1372]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">(17</emphasis>
) an ochre-yellow or yellowish-brown streak on each side of the neck and nape forming an incomplete collar.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F8890EDCFFA7FFC1FF3AFA58FC8FCC72" lastPageId="43" lastPageNumber="44" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" type="description">
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AFA58FAAACE57" blockId="40.[151,1437,1454,2020]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF3AFA58FEA2CDC7" bold="true" box="[199,337,1454,1480]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Description</emphasis>
.—Body rather slender, stouter in large females, cylindrical; head moderately elongate, triangular, moderately distinct from the thick neck, flattened anteriorly; snout elongate, obtuse or squarish as seen from above, oblique seen in profile, flat, 25.931.3 % of HL, or 1.72.1 times as long as diameter of eye; nostrils small, round, placed dorsolaterally on the snout and directed slightly dorsolaterally; eye rather large, about 1.51.8 times as large as the distance between its lower margin and the margin of the lip, with a round pupil; tail long and tapering.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AF994FF1ECEE6" blockId="40.[151,1437,1454,2020]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
The maximal known total length is
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(SVL
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; TaL
<quantity id="776BF0B2FFA7FFC2FC72F994FC1DCE72" box="[911,1006,1634,1661]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.85" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" unit="mm" value="185.0">185 mm</quantity>
; specimen BMNH 1969.1721, female) but specimen BMNH 1969.1719, with an incomplete tail and a SVL
<quantity id="776BF0B2FFA7FFC2FC4BF970FBE6CEAE" box="[950,1045,1670,1697]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.56" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" unit="mm" value="556.0">556 mm</quantity>
long, should have reached a total length of ca.
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. The longest known male is
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long (SVL
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, TaL
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long; CUB MZ(R) 36118).
</paragraph>
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Ratio TaL/TL:
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<geoCoordinate id="D5A73B90FFA7FFC2FE4DF904FE0CCF03" box="[432,511,1778,1804]" degrees="0.378" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="40" pageNumber="41" precision="55" value="-0.378">0.378</geoCoordinate>
, without sexual dimorphism.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF3AF8E1FEC2CF3F" box="[199,305,1815,1840]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Dentition</emphasis>
. 2936 maxillary teeth gradually enlarging, the last 2 to 4 moderately enlarged, without diastema.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AF8CCFC66CF77" blockId="40.[151,1437,1454,2020]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA7FFC2FF3AF8CCFE81CF5B" box="[199,370,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Body scalation</emphasis>
. DSR: 19-19-17 rows; scales rhomboedric, weakly or moderately keeled; scales of 1
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DSR smooth; dorsal scales around the base of the tail not strongly keeled.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AF875FF00CFCF" blockId="40.[151,1437,1454,2020]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">VEN: 149168 (plus 2 or 3 preventrals); SC: 115141, all paired, with a weak sexual dimorphism; cloacal plate divided.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA7FFC2FF3AF83CFE18CFEB" blockId="40.[151,1437,1454,2020]" box="[199,491,1994,2020]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Ratio VEN/SC 1.111.32.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA6FFC3FF6AF860FEDCCFBF" bold="true" box="[151,303,1942,1968]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA6FFC3FEC4F860FDC0CFBF" box="[313,563,1942,1968]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Hebius deschauenseei</emphasis>
Taylor
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, alive—A &amp; B: specimens from Doi Inthanon National Park,
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,
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. Photographs: Parinya Pawangkhanant. C: specimen from Mt. Doi Inthanon,
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA6FFC3FAEBF84CFF0DCFF7" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Mai" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Chiang Mai Province</collectingRegion>
. Photograph: Nikolay Poyarkov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA5FFC0FF3AFF61FDEFC8F6" blockId="42.[151,1437,150,2013]" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Position of the reduction to 6 scale rows around the tail: SC 522, with a strong sexual dimorphism (see below); ratio: length of the portion of tail with 6 dorsal scale rows/length of the portion of tail with 4 dorsal scale rows: 1.22.4 with a sexual dimorphism.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA5FFC0FF3AFEF5FE81C912" box="[199,370,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Arrangement of upper head scales complete including 2 internasals, 2 prefrontals, 2 supraoculars, 1 frontal, and 2 parietals. Rostral wider than high, barely visible from above; nasals subrectangular, elongate, about 1.41.6 times longer than high, vertically divided above and below the nostril, with the posterior part equal to anterior one; internasals subtriangular, in broad contact with each other, about 1.01.2 times longer than wide, distinctly narrowing anteriorly with an anterior margin about 0.40.5 times the width of the posterior margin; 2 prefrontals, rather small, short but wide, distinctly broader than long, 1.01.3 times longer than internasals; frontal large and elongate, shield-like, 1.21.6 longer than wide and 1.82.4 times longer than prefrontal; 1 supraocular on each side, subtriangular, 2.02.2 times longer than wide, about as wide as internasals; parietals large and broad, 1.82.2 times longer than the frontal, or suture between parietals 1.21.4 times longer than frontal; 1/1 loreal, pentagonal with its apex directed backwards, distinctly elongate, 1.41.8 times longer than high, in broad contact with the nasal; 2/2 preoculars in all examined specimens, upper one larger than lower one; 2/2 or more rarely 3/3 small postoculars; usually 9/9 SL (8/
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1/
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, 10/
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1/18 and 10/
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2/18), the first five as long as high or longer than high, 1
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and 2
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SL small and short, in contact with the nasal, 2
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4
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SL or 3
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4
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SL (2
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SL in 1/
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) in contact with the loreal, mostly 5
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6
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SL entering orbit (in 29/36 occurrences), also 4
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6
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SL (3/36), 5
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7
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or 6
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7
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(in 2/36 occurrences each), 7
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and 8
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SL largest; 1 anterior temporal, rectangular, elongate, narrowing anteriorly, followed by 2 or 1+1/1 posterior temporals, the most common formula being 1+2 temporals; 10/10 (in 17/18 occurrences) or 9/10 (1/18) infralabials, first pair in contact, 1
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5
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IL in contact with anterior chin shields, 5
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and 6
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IL largest; posterior chin shields longer than anterior ones.
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA5FFC0FF3AFC7DFE39CBAB" box="[199,458,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="43">Coloration and pattern</emphasis>
. This species is quite variable. The dorsal surface and sides are pale olive-brown, olivegrey, pale greyish-brown, bronze-brown, dark reddish-brown or dark brown; scale rows of the upper dorsal surface distinctly darker, up to blackish-brown; on the sides, scales may be pale centered and indistinctly edged with minute dark brown blotches; two or three series of small, irregular dark blotches on the sides; dorsal surface with usually two or three series of irregular, elongate, blackish-brown or very dark grey blotches, rather faint in darker specimens but conspicuous in paler ones, the series just above the dorsolateral stripe more conspicuous; another series of dark, elongate blotches just below the dorsolateral stripe; a faint dorsolateral stripe, reddish-brown or brown, extending from the neck to the base of the tail barely visible, on which is superposed a conspicuous series of dorsolateral bright yellow, yellow-ochre, rusty red or yellowish-brown blotches on the 4
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6
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then 5
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6
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DSR, much enlarged, distinctly elongate or X-shaped, or as high as long on the first fifth to quarter of the body, 2 to 2.5 scales high and long, progressively smaller and more elongate, forming a chain, then united and forming a narrow, dorsolateral stripe posteriorly, 1.5 to 2 scales high; lower part of scales of the 1
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dorsal row largely dark brown or blackish-brown, forming an irregular, ventrolateral dark stripe. The tail is as the body surface, speckled with small dark blotches and spots and with a yellow-ochre, rusty red or yellowish-brown narrow, irregular dorsolateral stripe, no more than 1 scale high, progressively vanishing around the posterior half of the tail.
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The head is olive-brown, olive-grey or brown, upper head surface with irregular darker vermiculations or irregular areas; rostral and sides of the snout paler; an oblique streak on the outer edge of each parietal present or absent; 4 or 5 anterior supralabials strongly powdered with olive-brown, greyish-brown or pale brown, edged with dark brown or blackish-brown; a broader suture, dark brown or blackish-brown, on the posterior edge of 6
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and 7
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SL; 7
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, 8
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and 9
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SL (when present) pale yellowish-brown or yellowish-grey, also edged with blackish-brown; a dark postocular streak, oblique or Z-like, i.e., straight, then strongly oblique then straight, extends from behind the eye or from postoculars to the corner of the mouth on the top of the 8
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and 9
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SL and temporals; a poorly-defined, paler area on temporals above the dark postocular streak; an irregular yellow-ochre or brownish-yellow, oblique streak directed upwards and backwards, extending from the corner of the mouth and the pale area on the temporals to the nape, forming a short chevron, sometimes faint or nearly absent; a thin streak of same colour extending from the interparietal suture to the apex of the chevron. Infralabials, chin and throat yellowish-cream or pale yellowishbrown, often nearly uniform with a few dark brown spots on chin shields and throat, sometimes heavily spotted with dark brown spots; infralabials more or less broadly and distinctly edged with dark brown on both their anterior and posterior edges.
</paragraph>
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The venter is never entirely dark but contains dark blotches in its middle: background colour creamish-yellow, yellowish-brown, beige ochre-brown, or olive-grey, darker posteriorly; tips and extreme outer part of ventrals dark brown; 3 parallel series of blotches or spots, olive-grey, dark grey, brown, dark brown or blackish-brown, extending from the neck to the vent: one located on the mesial part of the ventrals, the two outer ones located at the level of the outer third of each ventral, not in contact with the dark hues of the ventral tip; usually only the two outer series begin at the neck, the central one beginning at level of the 10
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15
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ventral, or, in an opposite way, the central stripe begins first, the two lateral ones farther back; these blotches are more or less enlarged, those of the outer series triangular with their apex directed posteriorly, those of the central one wider, looking as a flat, irregular triangle or more irregular; the three series may be close but never united, or even distinctly separated when they are made of rather small spots, widening posteriorly; sometimes, these series are barely visible in specimens with a rather dark venter. Tail dark greyish-brown, dark brown or blackish-brown, covered with 3 series of irregular blotches narrowly separated by a thin, pale line, turning to entirely dark on its posterior half; outer edge of subcaudals pale, forming a narrow line.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA4FFC1FF3AFDD5FE43CB52" blockId="43.[151,1437,151,1473]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">In life, the background coloration is as described above in preservative; the upper dorsal surface, between the dorsolateral stripes, is distinctly darker than the lateral sides; the various upper lateral and dorsolateral dark blotches are very dark grey, dark brown or blackish-brown; the dorsal stripe, rusty-brown or reddish-brown, is more visible than in preservative; the main dorsolateral blotches are bright yellowish-ochre, orange or reddish-brown; the dark ventrolateral stripe is dark brown or blackish-brown. Pale markings on the head are yellowish-ochre, greyish-yellow or reddish-brown; the elongate blotch on the temporal region, on the hind part of the head and on the neck is yellowish-ochre, reddish-ochre or reddish-brown. The background colour of the throat and venter is pale greyish-yellow, yellowish-grey or pale reddish-brown; the dark blotches forming the three parallel series of blotches or spots are in various shades of brown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FF3AFC90FEB8CB8F" bold="true" box="[199,331,870,896]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Hemipenes</emphasis>
.—The hemipenis of this species has not been examined.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FF3AFC7CFE43CBAB" bold="true" box="[199,432,906,932]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Sexual dimorphism</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FE4AFC7DFE20CBAA" bold="true" box="[439,467,907,933]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44"></emphasis>
It is expressed in the following characters:
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(1) Strongly by the difference in the number of subcaudal scales: males: 124141 (mean
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FB4CFC59FB37CBC7" box="[1201,1220,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">=</emphasis>
130.0,
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FAE4FC59FAD7CBC7" box="[1305,1316,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">s</emphasis>
= 6.4); females: 113124 (mean
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FE61FC25FE5CCBE3" box="[412,431,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">=</emphasis>
117.8,
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FDFFFC25FDFECBE3" box="[514,525,979,1004]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">s</emphasis>
= 4.8).
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(2) Strongly by the difference in the position (counted in subcaudals) of the reduction to 6 scale rows around the tail: males: SC 1422 (mean
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FE20FBEDFE03CC3B" box="[477,496,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">=</emphasis>
17.9,
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= 2.5); females: SC 513 (mean
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FC48FBEDFC3BCC3B" box="[949,968,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">=</emphasis>
9.6,
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FBFDFBEDFBF8CC3B" box="[1024,1035,1051,1076]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">s</emphasis>
= 3.0).
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(3) Strongly by the difference in length of the portion of tail with 6 dorsal scale rows/length of the portion of tail with 4 dorsal scale rows:
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F8890EDCFFA4FFC1FF3AFB70FC5BCD5A" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA4FFC1FF3AFB70FB7BCCE6" blockId="43.[151,1437,151,1473]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FF3AFB70FE30CCAF" bold="true" box="[199,451,1158,1184]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
Distribution (
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)
</emphasis>
.—
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<collectingCountry id="C8841DC7FFA4FFC1FE1BFB70FDA0CCAF" box="[486,595,1158,1184]" name="Thailand" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Thailand</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. According to our specimens and Chan-ard
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FBC1FB71FB9ECCAE" box="[1084,1133,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">et al</emphasis>
. (2015):
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FB2EFB71FF3ACCCA" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Mai" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Chiang Mai Province</collectingRegion>
.
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FF2AFB5DFE97CCCA" box="[215,356,1195,1221]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Mai" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Chiang Mai</collectingRegion>
; Doi Inthanon; Doi Suthep; Pa Muang (or Pamuang).
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FC1CFB5DFB26CCCA" box="[993,1237,1195,1221]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Rai" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Chiang Rai Province</collectingRegion>
. Doi Chang (Mt. Chang),
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FF05FB39FE26CCE6" box="[248,469,1231,1257]" country="Thailand" name="Chiang Rai" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Chiang Rai District</collectingRegion>
.
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FE22FB39FD20CCE6" box="[479,723,1231,1257]" country="Thailand" name="Uthai Thani" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Uthai Thani Province</collectingRegion>
. Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA4FFC1FF3AFB05FC5BCD5A" blockId="43.[151,1437,151,1473]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<bibRefCitation id="D40220A6FFA4FFC1FF3AFB05FE4ECD01" author="Cox, M. J. &amp; Hoover, M. F. &amp; Chanhome, L. &amp; Thirakhupt, K." box="[199,445,1267,1294]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" refId="ref46299" refString="Cox, M. J., Hoover, M. F., Chanhome, L. &amp; Thirakhupt, K. (2012) The snakes of Thailand. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, Bangkok, xx + 844 pp." type="book" year="2012">
Cox
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FF01FB05FEDECD02" box="[252,301,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">et al</emphasis>
. (2012: 367)
</bibRefCitation>
mentioned the occurrence of this species in
<collectingRegion id="725793B5FFA4FFC1FC57FB05FBB9CD02" box="[938,1098,1267,1293]" country="Thailand" name="Loei" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Loei Province</collectingRegion>
, North-east
<collectingCountry id="C8841DC7FFA4FFC1FB2CFB05FACBCD02" box="[1233,1336,1267,1293]" name="Thailand" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Thailand</collectingCountry>
. According to M. J. Cox (personal communication,
<date id="C42D7B97FFA4FFC1FD75FAE1FD0CCD3E" box="[648,767,1303,1329]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" value="2018-06">June 2018</date>
), this record merely results from a lapsus. There is not any record to support the occurrence of
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<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FDDAFACDFDC8CD5B" box="[551,571,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">H</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FDB4FACDFD18CD5A" box="[585,747,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">deschauenseei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in this province.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F8890EDCFFA4FFC1FF3AFAA8FD72CDCE" pageId="43" pageNumber="44" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="B02C5D57FFA4FFC1FF3AFAA8FD72CDCE" blockId="43.[151,1437,151,1473]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FF3AFAA8FED2CD77" bold="true" box="[199,289,1374,1400]" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">Biology</emphasis>
.—According to Chan-ard
<emphasis id="82E78145FFA4FFC1FDB1FAA9FD8FCD76" box="[588,636,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="44">et al</emphasis>
. (2015), this species inhabits semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous submontane and montane forest. It is nocturnal and terrestrial and occurs in the vicinity of forest streams. Nothing else is known of the biology of this rare species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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