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. We note differences between Wall’s and our observations in the text and
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, and provide the first photographs of the
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(ca.
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,
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;
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</quantity>
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elevation),
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<collectingMunicipality id="7075ACEAEC1DFFA5213AFD5EBD32FD52" box="[305,516,654,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Darjeeling District</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<collectingRegion id="526AF872EC1DFFA52205FD5FBDEEFD53" box="[526,728,654,681]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">West Bengal state</collectingRegion>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="E8B97600EC1DFFA522E9FD5EBC28FD52" box="[738,798,654,680]" name="India" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">India</collectingCountry>
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, collected
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<date id="E4101050EC1DFFA5239EFD5EBB33FD52" box="[917,1029,654,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" value="1908-07">
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<collectingDate id="F454E9B8EC1DFFA5239EFD5EBB33FD52" box="[917,1029,654,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" value="1908-07">July 1908</collectingDate>
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</date>
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.
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<collectingCounty id="79704E1CEC1DFFA52404FD5EBB77FD52" box="[1039,1089,654,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">This</collectingCounty>
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specimen is here designated as the lectotype because it is the best preserved of the two syntypes.
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="D8B4651BEC1DFFA520CCFD06BD84FB87" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" type="description">
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<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFD06BD44FCC3" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
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Specimen in very good condition; ventral incision into coelom ca.
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to ca.
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from vent, midventral incision ca.
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA5212BFD2ABE46FCEF" box="[288,368,762,789]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.4" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="14.0">14 mm</quantity>
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into anterior end of tail;
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA52286FD2ABDDDFCEF" box="[653,747,762,789]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.29" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="329.0">329 mm</quantity>
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total length (snout–vent length
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA5245EFD2ABB83FCEF" box="[1109,1205,762,789]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="280.0">280 mm</quantity>
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, tail length
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA52530FD2ABAA6FCEF" box="[1339,1424,762,789]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.9" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="49.0">49 mm</quantity>
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); head length
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA5212BFCCEBEB1FCC3" box="[288,391,798,825]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.04" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="10.4">10.4 mm</quantity>
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; head width
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<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA5221EFCCEBD58FCC3" box="[533,622,798,825]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="5.6">5.6 mm</quantity>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFC92BC0CFC32" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
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<taxonomicName id="57AE4D13EC1DFFA520CCFC92BE04FCA6" box="[199,306,834,860]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Lepidosis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA520CCFC92BE04FCA6" box="[199,306,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Lepidosis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. 7,7 supralabials but on the right side the 2
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and 3
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and the 6
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<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA523DCFC92BCD2FCAA" attach="left" box="[983,996,834,848]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">th</superScript>
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and the 7
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<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA52445FC92BB6DFCAA" attach="left" box="[1102,1115,834,848]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">th</superScript>
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supralabial are incompletely distinct (partially ‘fused’). The 3rd and 4th supralabials in contact with the spectacle covering the eye. Partly subdivided nasal contacts 1
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<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA521C3FC5ABEE5FC62" attach="left" box="[456,467,906,920]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">st</superScript>
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and 2
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<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA5221DFC5ABD10FC62" attach="left" box="[534,550,906,920]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">nd</superScript>
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supralabial. 1,1 preocular; 7,7 infralabials; 1+2,1+2 temporals; 2,2 postoculars; dorsal scales in 17-15-15 rows; 159 ventrals; 39 subcaudals.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFC02BD84FB87" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
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<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA520CCFC02BECEFC16" box="[199,504,978,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
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. Body colour brown; top of the head without typical
|
||
<taxonomicName id="57AE4D13EC1DFFA5243FFC02BBA8FC16" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[1076,1182,978,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA5243FFC02BBA8FC16" box="[1076,1182,978,1004]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Oligodon</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
markings, same colour as dorsum; rostral cream; supralabials heavily speckled with dark brown, paler edged; postoculars and temporals (see
|
||
<figureCitation id="08952A15EC1DFFA520C0FBCABE38FBCE" box="[203,270,1050,1076]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1679,1703]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1655]" captionTargetId="figure-17@6.[151,1436,181,1655]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 2. Designated lectotype of Oligodon melaneus (BMNH 1910.12.31.3). Photographs by Kevin Webb. Scale bar increments in mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6571658" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6571658/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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||
) unpatterned; infralabials and genial region cream with four dark brown spots medially; anterior ventral scales are edged with dark brown; posterior to the thirteenth ventral, colouration uniform dark brown throughout to vent. Subcaudals dark brown with paler centres.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D8B4651BEC1DFFA520CCFB56BEF5FB3E" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFB56BEF5FB3E" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="20C63CCDEC1DFFA520CCFB56BE88FB3E" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3778517302" collectionCode="BNHS" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" specimenCode="BNHS 958" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="paralectotype">
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||
<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA520CCFB56BE45FB5A" bold="true" box="[199,371,1158,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
|
||
<typeStatus id="4F158832EC1DFFA520CCFB56BE58FB5A" box="[199,366,1158,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" type="paralectotype">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
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||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<specimenCode id="C0089EEBEC1DFFA52175FB56BEC8FB5B" box="[382,510,1158,1185]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">BNHS 958</specimenCode>
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||
(fide
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F43F4B61EC1DFFA52242FB56BDF2FB5A" author="Wall, F." box="[585,708,1158,1184]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" pagination="598 - 632" refId="ref7922" refString="Wall, F. (1924) A handlist of the snakes of the Indian empire. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 29 (3 - 4), 598 - 632." type="journal article" year="1924">Wall 1924</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<figureCitation id="08952A15EC1DFFA522DFFB56BC2DFB5A" box="[724,795,1158,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[179,1408,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[179,1408,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Paralectotype of Oligodon melaneus BNHS 958. Photographs by Saunak Pal. Image not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6571660" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6571660/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
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||
), a male specimen from the same locality and date of collection as the
|
||
<typeStatus id="4F158832EC1DFFA5215FFB7ABE88FB3E" box="[340,446,1194,1220]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D8B4651BEC1DFFA520CCFB1EBBE1F9F2" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFB1EBD00FACA" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
|
||
Specimen dehydrated to some extent and possibly moulting when it was fixed; outer layer of most head shields and some body scales missing;
|
||
<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA521F8FB22BD79FAF7" box="[499,591,1266,1293]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.12" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="312.0">312 mm</quantity>
|
||
total length (snout–vent length
|
||
<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA523A4FB22BB3BFAF7" box="[943,1037,1266,1293]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.61" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="261.0">261 mm</quantity>
|
||
, tail length
|
||
<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA52486FB22BBD6FAF7" box="[1165,1248,1266,1293]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="51.0">51 mm</quantity>
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||
); head length
|
||
<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA52572FB22BFF0FACB" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.1" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="9.1">9.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
; head width
|
||
<quantity id="57569B75EC1DFFA5215FFAC6BE9BFACB" box="[340,429,1302,1329]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.3" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" unit="mm" value="5.3">5.3 mm</quantity>
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||
; adult male.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFAEABD2CFA66" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="57AE4D13EC1DFFA520CCFAEABE04FAAE" box="[199,306,1338,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Syrphidae" genus="Lepidosis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="421" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA520CCFAEABE04FAAE" box="[199,306,1338,1364]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Lepidosis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. 7,7 supralabials with the 3
|
||
<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA52272FAEABDB1FAB2" attach="left" box="[633,647,1338,1352]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">rd</superScript>
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and 4
|
||
<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA522D9FAEABDE9FAB2" attach="left" box="[722,735,1338,1352]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">th</superScript>
|
||
in contact with the eye. Partly subdivided nasal contacts 1
|
||
<superScript id="67DB9BD8EC1DFFA5259AFAEABAAAFAB2" attach="none" box="[1425,1436,1338,1352]" fontSize="6" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">st</superScript>
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||
supralabial only. 1,1 small preocular; 7,7 infralabials; 1+2, 1+2 temporals; 2,2 postocular; dorsal scales in 17-15-15 rows; 152 ventrals; 43 subcaudals.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="90113690EC1DFFA520CCFA76BBE1F9F2" blockId="4.[151,1437,474,1545]" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">
|
||
<emphasis id="A2DAEA82EC1DFFA520CCFA76BEC9FA3A" box="[199,511,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Colouration in preservative</emphasis>
|
||
. Body colour dark grey merging to greyish on the flanks; individual scales finely speckled with black on a grey background. Venter grey and iridescent; ventral scales finely speckled with black, less densely on the anterior part of the body than on the posterior of the body and subcaudals (
|
||
<figureCitation id="08952A15EC1DFFA5248EFA3EBBFCF9F2" box="[1157,1226,1518,1544]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[179,1408,181,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-17@7.[179,1408,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Paralectotype of Oligodon melaneus BNHS 958. Photographs by Saunak Pal. Image not to scale." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6571660" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6571660/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="421">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |