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;
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,
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—
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Das
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB28FFFEFE557C1FFE5B3B0B" box="[454,498,288,312]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">et al</emphasis>
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. (1998)
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(
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB28FFFEFF047C7EFEC23B64" box="[151,363,319,343]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">Boiga andamanensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB28FFFEFF047CBBFED53B93" bold="true" box="[151,380,389,416]" pageId="15" pageNumber="316">Taxonomic history.</emphasis>
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This species was originally described as
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based on a series of six
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, originating from the Andaman Islands, deposited at the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Bengal (now, Zoological Survey of
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, Kolkata). As in the case of
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,
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described this species whilst revising the
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group. However, this species has not been a subject of taxonomic confusion ever since (but see
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), probably because of its allopatric distribution.
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A syntype of
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<caption id="DF1D6616EB37FFE1FF047BFBFE8E3D15" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3835375" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3835375" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3835375/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" startId="16.[151,250,1733,1758]" targetBox="[158,1430,181,1707]" targetPageId="16">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB37FFE1FF047BFBFE8E3D15" blockId="16.[151,1437,1733,1830]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FF047BFBFEBD3CED" bold="true" box="[151,276,1733,1758]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
|
||
(A&B)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB37FFE1FEF97BF8FD8A3CEE" box="[362,547,1733,1757]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FEF97BF8FD8A3CEE" box="[362,547,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Boiga ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Kanneliya & Hunasgiriya, Sri Lanka; (C)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB37FFE1FB827BF8FB1E3CEE" authorityName=", Wall" authorityYear="1909" box="[1041,1207,1733,1757]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FB827BF8FB1E3CEE" box="[1041,1207,1733,1757]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Boiga beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Pune, India; (D)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB37FFE1FF047BD4FE9B3D32" box="[151,306,1769,1793]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FF047BD4FE9B3D32" box="[151,306,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Anaimalai, India; (E)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB37FFE1FDCA7BD4FD583D32" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[601,753,1769,1793]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FDCA7BD4FD583D32" box="[601,753,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Boiga barnesii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Kandy, Sri Lanka; (F)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB37FFE1FBB17BD4FB513D32" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1058,1272,1769,1793]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FBB17BD4FB513D32" box="[1058,1272,1769,1793]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Boiga andamanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Andaman Islands, India.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB37FFE1FF547A70FD773D5B" blockId="16.[151,1436,1870,2041]" box="[199,734,1870,1897]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FF547A70FE6F3D5A" bold="true" box="[199,454,1870,1897]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB37FFE1FE5E7A70FDA33D5B" box="[461,522,1870,1896]" name="India" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Andaman Islands.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB37FFE1FF547A4DFEBE3D83" blockId="16.[151,1436,1870,2041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB37FFE1FF547A4DFDC43DBE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056338" box="[199,621,1906,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB37FFE1FF547A4DFE9B3DBE" box="[199,306,1907,1933]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" type="syntype">Syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED73AE5BEB37FFE1FEAD7A4DFEC13DBE" box="[318,360,1907,1933]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">ZSI</collectionCode>
|
||
15189 (an adult male)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB37FFE1FDE97A4DFC983DBE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056345" box="[634,817,1907,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" specimenCode="ZSI 7928-7930" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB37FFE1FDE97A4DFC843DBE" box="[634,813,1907,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">ZSI 7928–7930</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB37FFE1FCAA7A4DFC033DBF" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056321" box="[825,938,1906,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" specimenCode="ZSI 8641" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB37FFE1FCAA7A4DFC0F3DBF" box="[825,934,1906,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">ZSI 8641</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB37FFE1FC207A4DFAA73DBE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056342" box="[947,1294,1906,1933]" collectionCode="ZSI" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED73AE5BEB37FFE1FC207A4DFC743DBE" box="[947,989,1907,1933]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">ZSI</collectionCode>
|
||
15142 (unsexed juveniles)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
all from the Andamans.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB37FFE1FF547A84FAEC3DE7" blockId="16.[151,1436,1870,2041]" box="[199,1349,1978,2005]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
Other specimens: Male (n=1) ANFD unreg. Female (n=1) CIARI unreg. from Andaman Islands,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB37FFE1FA977A84FAE83DE7" box="[1284,1345,1978,2004]" name="India" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB37FFE1FF547AE1FB6B3DCB" box="[199,1218,2014,2041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB37FFE1FF547AE1FB6B3DCB" blockId="16.[151,1436,1870,2041]" box="[199,1218,2014,2041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB37FFE1FF547AE1FEE73DCA" bold="true" box="[199,334,2015,2041]" pageId="16" pageNumber="317">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Toponym, named after its distribution in the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB36FFE0FF547DA6FE8D3BB8" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB36FFE0FF547DA6FE8D3BB8" blockId="17.[151,1437,152,1115]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FF547DA6FEEB3A80" bold="true" box="[199,322,152,179]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FE4A7DA7FDB53A81" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[473,540,153,178]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FE4A7DA7FDB53A81" box="[473,540,153,178]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Boiga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
endemic to the Andaman Islands of the Bay of Bengal,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB36FFE0FB077DA6FB793A81" box="[1172,1232,152,178]" name="India" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
, characterized by: 21 scale rows at midbody (vs.
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FE627D83FD823AE5" box="[497,555,188,215]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FDA17D83FB373AE5" box="[562,1182,188,214]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FDA17D83FD7F3AE5" box="[562,726,188,214]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">B. ceylonensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FD717D83FCD23AE5" box="[738,891,188,214]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FC147D83FBAC3AE5" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[903,1029,188,214]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">B. barnesii</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FB827D83FB373AE5" authorityName=", Wall" authorityYear="1909" box="[1041,1182,188,214]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">B. beddomei</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FB457D83FAD03AE5" box="[1238,1401,188,214]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FB457D83FADB3AE5" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[1238,1394,188,214]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
;
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
up to
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FF277DDFFF443AC9" box="[180,237,224,251]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.842" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="in" value="23.0">23 in</quantity>
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FF607DDFFE523AC9" box="[243,507,224,250]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FF607DDFFEDD3AC9" box="[243,372,224,250]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">B. nuchalis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FEEC7DDFFE523AC9" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[383,507,224,250]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">B. dightoni</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
); reddish/brownish to pale greenish dorsum (vs. yellowish-brown in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FB6C7DDFFA3D3AC9" box="[1279,1428,224,250]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FB6C7DDFFA3D3AC9" box="[1279,1428,224,250]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. thackerayi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; always brownish in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FEED7C3BFDA43B2D" authorityName=", Wall" authorityYear="1909" box="[382,525,260,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FEED7C3BFDA43B2D" box="[382,525,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FD8E7C3BFD163B2D" box="[541,703,260,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FD8E7C3BFD163B2D" box="[541,703,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FD5C7C3BFCE43B2D" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[719,845,260,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FD5C7C3BFCE43B2D" box="[719,845,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. dightoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FCCD7C3BFC773B2D" box="[862,990,260,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FCCD7C3BFC773B2D" box="[862,990,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FB8B7C3BFB3F3B2D" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[1048,1174,260,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FB8B7C3BFB3F3B2D" box="[1048,1174,260,286]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. barnesii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; always greenish in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FA177C3BFEB93B71" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FA177C3BFEB93B71" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. flaviviridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); preocular 1 (vs.
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FE4F7C17FDAF3B71" box="[476,518,296,323]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.62" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="in" value="3.0">3 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FD9F7C17FD2E3B71" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[524,647,296,322]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FD9F7C17FD2E3B71" box="[524,647,296,322]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. barnesii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); ventral and ventro-lateral region completely lacking pattern (vs. with white and black adjacent blotches in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FDA17C73FCE63B55" box="[562,847,332,358]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FDA17C73FD063B55" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[562,687,332,358]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">B. barnesii</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FD297C73FCE63B55" box="[698,847,332,358]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
; spotted in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FC427C73FBF43B55" authorityName=", Wall" authorityYear="1909" box="[977,1117,332,358]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FC427C73FBF43B55" box="[977,1117,332,358]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FBF97C73FAA33B55" box="[1130,1290,332,358]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FBF97C73FAA33B55" box="[1130,1290,332,358]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FA8B7C73FEBA3BB9" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FA8B7C73FA313B55" box="[1304,1432,332,358]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">B. nuchalis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB36FFE0FF047C4FFEBA3BB9" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[151,275,368,394]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">B. dightoni</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB36FFE0FF5C7CAAFB1039F8" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB36FFE0FF5C7CAAFEC23925" blockId="17.[151,1437,152,1115]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FF5C7CAAFCB33B9C" bold="true" box="[207,794,404,431]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">
|
||
Redescription of the largest
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB36FFE0FDB17CABFDD73B9C" box="[546,638,405,431]" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
(ZSI 15189).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
An adult male measuring
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FBD47CABFB1B3B9C" box="[1095,1202,405,431]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.028" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="mm" value="1028.0">1028 mm</quantity>
|
||
total length, with an SVL of
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FF617C86FEE63BE0" box="[242,335,440,467]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.95" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="mm" value="795.0">795 mm</quantity>
|
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and tail length of
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. Overall habitus slender, mandible slightly damaged on both the sides; a small lateral compression and loss of tissues at midbody. Head large and considerably wider than the thin neck; Scalerows 21:21:17; vertebrals relatively enlarged; rostral not visible from above; internasals shorter than preforntals; parietals much broader and longer than other cephalic scales; supraoculars and preoculars elongate; preoculars mildly visible from above; loreal single; much smaller than preoculars and nasals. Nostril in the middle of an elongate nasal; postoculars 2, small; 8 supralabials (3
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to 5
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entering orbit), the last one largest; 10–11 infralabials (the first six in contact with genials); temporals 3+2/3+2/3; preventral single; ventrals 268; subcaudals 133 pairs. Colouration in preservative completely faded and bleached, uniform pale creamy white both dorsally and ventrally, without any pattern; body with brownish borders along some scales; eye of a similar colour, pupil barely discernale; tail slightly darker.
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Variation shown by other
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and referred material.
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</emphasis>
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Agreeing with the
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in most aspects and showing the following intrasepcific variations: scalerows: 21:21:15-17; SVL
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; tail
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<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB36FFE0FB6E7E7AFA31396C" box="[1277,1432,836,863]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.35" metricValueMax="3.75" metricValueMin="2.95" pageId="17" pageNumber="318" unit="mm" value="335.0" valueMax="375.0" valueMin="295.0">295–375 mm</quantity>
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; juveniles: SVL
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; tail:
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; ventrals 255–267; subcaudals 102–127. Dorsal colouration variable from bright coral red to brown or olive green, with or without black crossbars across the body and tail. Head unpatterned dorsally; ventrals usually a paler hue than the dorsal colour, completely lacking pattern.
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Restricted to islands of the Andaman Archipelago, in the Bay of Bengal. Not found in the
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or elsewhere (Fig. 13).
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FCB37EC7FBA53E21" box="[800,1036,1016,1042]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Boiga andamanensis</emphasis>
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is nocturnal and is often seen after dusk, along low lying bushes and shrubs, foraging for lizards (especially of the genus
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB36FFE0FBE07922FA893E05" box="[1139,1312,1052,1078]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="318">Coryphophylax</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) and frogs (pers. obs.).
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</paragraph>
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