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Wagler
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, by monotypy Syn.n.
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<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FF797ABDF93DFD1F" box="[151,282,701,723]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Rhynchophis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FDB27ABDFB74FD1F" box="[604,851,701,723]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Rhynchophis boulengeri</emphasis>
Mocquard
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<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FF797AFFF936FCD4" bold="true" box="[151,273,767,792]" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The genus
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is comprised of six currently recognized species (
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), which form a monophyletic group based on Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian inference using six genes. Morphological characters for this genus are listed as follows: body size from medium to large (
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to
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); body slender, compressed, head elongated and distinct from neck; relatively large eyes with round pupil; tail relatively long (20% to 30% of total length) and slender; various color patterns represented but generally displaying some green, yellowish or tan ground color; single preocular; postoculars two; mid-body dorsal scales rows 19 or 23; mid-dorsal scales smooth or weakly keeled; 186257 ventral scales with well-developed lateral keels; 91149 paired subcaudals; precloacal plate usually divided (some
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<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FD3D7BFDFBEEFBD8" box="[723,969,1021,1044]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Gonyosoma prasinum</emphasis>
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populations remain undivided); primarily arboreal or semi-arboreal and mainly found in tropical rain forest or subtropical montane forest habitats; distribution extends from Southern
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, Southeast Asia and South Asia; diurnal; oviparous (
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;
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;
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;
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).
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Finally, our reconstructed phylogeny indicates that the two tropical clades comprising the genera
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and
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are not closely related to the Old World and New World ratsnake assemblages as typically considered in the literature (Schultz 1996; Utiger et al. 2002, Burbrink &amp; Lawson 2007), which currently includes the New World tribe Lampropeltini and the Old World genera
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,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FEC67D1CF95DFAF9" box="[296,378,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Elaphe" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Elaphe</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FE6B7D1CF9D1FAF9" box="[389,502,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Rhinechis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Rhinechis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FDEF7D1DFA44FAF8" box="[513,611,1309,1332]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Zamenis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Zamenis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FD837D1CFAF9FAF9" box="[621,734,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Coronella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Coronella</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FCFD7D1CFBBEFAF9" box="[787,921,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oocatochus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FCFD7D1CFBBEFAF9" box="[787,921,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Oocatochus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Although
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FBF87D1DFCBBFAF8" box="[1046,1180,1309,1332]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Gonyosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FBF87D1DFCBBFAF8" box="[1046,1180,1309,1332]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Gonyosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FB477D1CFD62FAF9" box="[1193,1349,1308,1333]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Coelognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FB477D1CFD62FAF9" box="[1193,1349,1308,1333]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Coelognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the ratsnake radiation group all originated around the early Miocene (~2520 Ma), comparison of the species richness of the three groups shows obvious asymmetries in biodiversity (
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FC827D65FBD5FAB0" box="[876,1010,1381,1404]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Gonyosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FC827D65FBD5FAB0" box="[876,1010,1381,1404]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Gonyosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
= 6 taxa,
<taxonomicName id="4C7D4D17F77B1C33FB8B7D64FD26FAB1" box="[1125,1281,1380,1405]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Coelognathus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="5" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B909EA86F77B1C33FB8B7D64FD26FAB1" box="[1125,1281,1380,1405]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="537">Coelognathus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
= 5 taxa, and the ratsnakes = ~70 taxa), implying that the tropical Asian environment has not provided more opportunities for species divergence within these two genera or extinction has been elevated relative to the temperate groups.
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</subSubSection>
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