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locality, collected on
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by Vladimir V. Bobrov (preliminarily identified as
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FEC1FF5DFE9391D1" box="[295,401,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Oligodon</emphasis>
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sp.);
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88921 (preliminarily identified as
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<collectingCountry id="F307762F6863C349FC42FF52FCB991CE" box="[932,955,152,175]" name="Iceland" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">O</collectingCountry>
. cinereus
</emphasis>
(
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Geissler
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FB70FF53FBCC91D1" box="[1174,1230,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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)
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, juvenile of unknown gender, from
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locality (
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,
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,
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a.s.l.) collected by Robert Wayne Van Devender on
<date id="FFAE107F6863C349FEC8FF2AFEC59199" box="[302,455,224,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236" value="2009-05-27">27 May 2009</date>
.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21FEC9FE43907D" bold="true" box="[199,321,259,284]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6863C349FEAFFEC9FEBD907D" box="[329,447,259,284]" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Zingiber" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="3" pageNumber="236" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="medium">A medium</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FE26FECEFECB907A" box="[448,457,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
sized
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FDEDFEC9FD77907D" box="[523,629,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Oligodon</emphasis>
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species, a member of the
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. cyclurus
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</taxonomicName>
group (fide
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B4E6863C349FADAFEC9FE06905E" author="David" pageId="3" pageNumber="236" refString="David, P., Vogel, G. &amp; Rooijen, J. van (2008 b) A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Gunther, 1861) (Squamata: Colubridae) group, with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region. Zootaxa, 1965, 1 - 49." type="journal article" year="2008" yearSuffix="b">
David
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FA6EFECEFFB6905E" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">et al.</emphasis>
2008b
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, Green
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FEBBFEE2FE94905E" box="[349,406,294,319]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">et al.</emphasis>
2010) on the basis of the following morphological attributes: (1) deeply forked hemipenes without spines, (2) 17
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FE69FE86FE9A9002" box="[399,408,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
17
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15 dorsal scale rows, (3) 8
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FD0BFE86FDF99002" box="[749,763,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236"></emphasis>
10 maxillary teeth, the posterior three being enlarged, (4) a complete head scalation complement, including a loreal but no presubocular, (5) an entire anal plate; and (6) a spotted and striped dorsal pattern.
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FDFCFE58FC0D90CB" box="[538,783,402,427]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
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differs from all other members of the
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. cyclurus
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group by the combination of the following morphological characters: (7) nasal entire; (8) 2 small postoculars, almost equal in size; (9) 167
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178 ventrals; (10) 31
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35 subcaudals; (11) tail relatively short (TaL/TL = 0.11
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0.13); (12) 24
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35 + 5 large dark
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FE22FE34FECF9374" box="[452,461,510,533]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
edged vertebral blotches in combination with a yellow
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FBA4FE34FB499374" box="[1090,1099,510,533]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
orange or red vertebral stripe between blotches; (13) head pattern including ocular band, temporal bands and elongated chevron; (14) ventrals pink or whitish (reddish in juveniles) in life, some bearing a quadrangular dark blotch on each lateral side, or ventrals being entirely dark.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C30A65346863C34DFF21FD46FCB89004" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="240" pageId="3" pageNumber="236" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6863C349FF21FD46FC369252" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21FD46FEE793C4" bold="true" box="[199,485,652,677]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
Description of
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.
</emphasis>
Body robust and cylindrical (
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SVL;
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TL); head short (12.2 mm HL; HL/SVL = 0.03), broad and ovoid in dorsal view, faintly distinct from neck, somewhat depressed dorsoventrally; snout narrowed, triangle with blunt tip (4.6 mm SNL); mouth subterminal; large oval nostril piercing the central part of nasal; eye rather large (2.4 mm ED), about 0.2 times the head length; pupil rounded; tail rather short (53.0 mm TaL; TaL/TL = 0.13), ending in an acuminated tail cap.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6863C349FF21FC8AFE1092FE" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21FC8AFE339236" box="[199,305,832,855]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Dentition</emphasis>
. Maxillary teeth: 10 functional teeth on the right and 8 on the left side; two loci on left maxilla bear young, non
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FEFFFCAEFE20921A" box="[281,290,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
ankylosed teeth. The posterior three teeth are strongly enlarged, blade
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FBB5FCAEFB5E921A" box="[1107,1116,868,891]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
like. Palatine dentition well developed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6863C349FF21FC60FBF49287" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21FC60FE7492A2" box="[199,374,938,963]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Body scalation</emphasis>
. DSR: 17
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FE10FC61FEFD92A3" box="[502,511,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
17
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FDFDFC61FD2692A3" box="[539,548,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
15, all smooth; outermost dorsal scale row enlarged; 167 VEN, strongly angulated; anal plate entire; 32 SC, all paired; terminal caudal scale forming an acuminated tail cap.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6863C349FF21FC3BFFAE9708" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21FC3BFE79956B" box="[199,379,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Head scalation (
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FDBDFC38FC0E9568" box="[603,780,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">in dorsal view</emphasis>
) comprising 1 rostral, 2 internasals, 2 prefrontals, 2 supraoculars, 1 frontal, and 2 parietals. Rostral large, wider than high, extending on to the dorsal surface of the snout and inserting deeply between internasals; internasals much wider than long, narrowing and slightly curving back towards the short median suture, about half as long as prefrontals; prefrontals large, pentagonal, wider than long, supraoculars pentagonal, elongated, about half as wide as long; frontal large, hexagonal, about 1.3 times longer than wide, posterior angle rather acute; parietals irregularly trapeziform, about twice larger than frontal, bordered posteriorly by 6 scales (including the third temporals); no enlarged nuchal scales present; (
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FB14FB03FA909581" box="[1266,1426,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">in lateral view</emphasis>
) 1/1 entire elongated and waisted nasal (1.7 times longer than wide), pierced by a large nostril and subdivided medially in its lower half by a thin shallow suture; 1/1 squarish loreal scale; 8/8 supralabials: I. in contact with nasal, II. in contact with nasal and loreal, III. in contact with loreal and preocular, IV. and V. in contact with eye, VI. in contact with lower postocular and anterior temporal, VII. in contact with anterior temporal, VIII. in contact with lower posterior temporal, VI. and VII. being strongly enlarged; 1/1 narrow subrectangular preocular, in contact with eye, supraocular, prefrontal, loreal, III. and IV. supralabials; no presubocular; 2 small postoculars, almost equal in size; 1+2 temporals, anterior one pentagonal, elongated and narrow, upper posterior approximately equal to the anterior, elongated, lower posterior the smallest, rhomboid; (
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FC7FFA2DFB46949F" box="[921,1092,1509,1534]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">in ventral view</emphasis>
) 8/8 infralabials, I. in contact with each other and with mental, I. toV. in contact with 2/2 enlarged chin shields; mental small, triangular; 2/2 enlarged, elongated chin shields, anterior pair being twice longer than posterior pair. For head scalation see
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6863C349FF21F9BEFD5A9694" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,2038]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF21F9BEFE4D97EC" bold="true" box="[199,335,1652,1677]" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">Coloration.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FEBFF9BCFE9C97EC" box="[345,414,1652,1677]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">In life</emphasis>
. Body (see
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) is dull brownish gray; all dorsal scales scattered with minute dark brown spots; the three medial dorsal scale rows significantly less spotted, orange in color, with vertebral row slightly lighter, yellow
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FE78F977FEA597B5" box="[414,423,1725,1748]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
orange; 27 large transverse blotches on median dorsum, anterior six strongly waisted, butterfly
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF11F92BFE029799" box="[247,256,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
shaped, all posterior blotches have slight medial notch on the anterior and posterior ends; each blotch bluish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6863C349FF3DF8CFFFE6967D" box="[219,228,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="236">-</emphasis>
gray in its center, getting darker toward the edges, forming a thin dark
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brown to black margin; those blotches continue (5) on tail; very faint dark reticulated crossbar between each pair of dorsal spots, up to the 13th spot; some lateral dorsal scales dark brown, forming scarce speckling on flanks; gular and anterior ventral scales white, posterior ventrals with light pinkish tint; some ventrals bearing a subrectangular, diffuse gray spot on each lateral margin; on the posterior third of venter, this darker spotting becomes denser; subcaudals white, with few tiny grayish marginal spots present on the proximal quarter of the tail; sharp edge between white tail underside and dark gray lateral dorsals; tail cap cream.
</paragraph>
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The head is rusty
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orange dorsally, with paler snout sides and dark
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFC43FF53FCAC91D1" box="[933,942,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
edged olive
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFBD6FF53FB3B91D1" box="[1072,1081,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
gray markings with maroon tint on upper surface of the head; an U
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFDC2FF77FD2F91B5" box="[548,557,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
shaped interocular bar, being as wide as long, covering prefrontals as well as parts of frontal, supraoculars, preoculars and internasals and extending to the upper angle of rostral; supraoculars with an irregular, diffuse rounded blotch posteriorly; tear
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFCF9FECEFC2A907A" box="[799,808,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
shaped marking connected with the large arrow
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFAA3FECEFA4C907A" box="[1349,1358,260,283]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
shaped chevron extending from rear of frontal and medial part of parietals to the occiput and nape; 1/1 temporal bar with sharp, dark
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFEF5FE86FE1E9002" box="[275,284,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">-</emphasis>
edged anterior end and diffuse posterior one, starting on lateral parietals and running down towards the neck behind the jaw angle; two short dark gray, oblique subocular stripes extend backwards from the lower margin of each orbit, the anterior being more prominent and covering the parts of IV., V. and VI. supralabials, the posterior
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF21FA6AFE7494D6" box="[199,374,1440,1463]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">In preservative</emphasis>
. See
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. Body brownish
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gray, vertebral region somewhat yellowish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFB1DFA6AFA0694D6" box="[1275,1284,1440,1463]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">-</emphasis>
beige; dorsal blotches and head markings dark gray, with a blackish margins; lateral speckling dark brown; throat, venter and tail undersides yellowish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFE64FA22FE89949E" box="[386,395,1512,1535]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">-</emphasis>
cream, dark spots on ventral scales gray.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6864C34EFF71F85EFC7A96A8" blockId="4.[151,1436,1940,1993]" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6864C34EFF71F85EFE1A96C8" bold="true" box="[151,280,1940,1962]" pageId="4" pageNumber="237">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Holotype (ZMMU R
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13865) portraits and head scalation in dorsal (A), lateral (B), and ventral views (C). Photographs and drawings by Anna B. Vassilieva and Vitaly L. Trounov.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF71FD00FE1093BE" bold="true" box="[151,274,714,736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Holotype (ZMMU R
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13865) in life, dorsal (A) and ventral view (B). Photos by Anna B. Vassilieva.
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<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6865C34FFF71FAF7FE519413" blockId="5.[151,1435,1341,1394]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF71FAF7FE169433" bold="true" box="[151,276,1341,1363]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Holotype (ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFE16FAF4FEFA9432" box="[496,504,1342,1363]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">-</emphasis>
13865) in preservative, dorsal (A) and ventral view (B). Photos by Anna B. Vassilieva and Vitaly L. Trounov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6865C34FFF21F9C1FCA7970D" blockId="5.[151,1436,1438,2004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF21F9C1FCB89745" bold="true" box="[199,954,1547,1572]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
Description and variation of the
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series (
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,
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,
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)
</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFC21F9C1FBB09745" box="[967,1202,1547,1572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">External morphology</emphasis>
. The most important characters of the available specimens, all belonging to the
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series, appear in table 1 (Appendix). All other morphological characters agree with those described for the
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6865C34FFF21F9B2FD1797D5" blockId="5.[151,1436,1438,2004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF21F9B2FE3397EE" box="[199,305,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Dentition</emphasis>
. 8
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFEABF9B2FE5997EE" box="[333,347,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238"></emphasis>
10 functional maxillary teeth in all specimens, the final three being strongly enlarged and blade
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFA75F9B2FA9E97EE" box="[1427,1436,1656,1679]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">-</emphasis>
like; developed palatine dentition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6865C34FFF21F974FCAB967E" blockId="5.[151,1436,1438,2004]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF21F974FE6D97B6" box="[199,367,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Body scalation</emphasis>
. All scales are smooth, small, ovoid; first and second rows slightly enlarged, the vertebral row does not differ in size from other median dorsal rows. DSR: 17-17-15. Ventrals: 167178, plus 1 (in one case 2) preventrals, strongly angulate; SC: 31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFDD8F8C2FD4E967E" box="[574,588,1800,1823]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238"></emphasis>
35, all paired; anal plate entire.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6865C34FFF21F8E1FE719625" box="[199,371,1835,1860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="238">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Generally as for
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; in all specimens the entire nasal is subdivided below nostril by a thin shallow suture; single loreal and preocular, two postoculars, supralabials VI and V contacting eye; supralabials 8/8, infralabials 8/8 with one exception (7/7). Some variability observed in temporal scales, 1+2/1+2 being the most common condition (
<specimenCount id="9D16FD366865C34FFE33F85DFD6F96CE" box="[469,621,1942,1967]" pageId="5" pageNumber="238" type="generic">3 specimens</specimenCount>
), with primary (anterior) temporal being elongated subrectangular, secondary (posterior) upper temporal being elongated subrectangular approximately equal to the primary one, and lower secondary temporal being squarish, about half in length of the upper secondary temporal; the condition 1+1+2/1+1+2, with the two strongly elongated primary temporals being situated consecutively, observed in one specimen (ZFMK 88921); asymmetrical condition 2+3/2+
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one specimen, with the upper primary (anterior) temporal representing elongated triangular scale shifted slightly anteriorly to the elongated subrectangular lower primary temporal, and the upper secondary (posterior) temporal on the right side of the skull divided on two smaller scales, anterior rounded and posterior triangular; asymmetrical condition 1+2/1+3 observed in one specimen, with the right side of skull similar to
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and, on the left, with a small squarish scale between primary and upper secondary temporals.
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<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6866C34CFF71FA0FFFFD9756" blockId="6.[151,1436,1477,1591]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFF71FA0FFE1194BB" bold="true" box="[151,275,1477,1499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Variation in life coloration of
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFDAAFA0FFC2894BA" box="[588,810,1477,1499]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFCD7FA0CFC8094BA" bold="true" box="[817,898,1478,1499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66866C34CFCD7FA0CFC8094BA" box="[817,898,1478,1499]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
: (A) ZFMK 88921 (juvenile paratype); (B) ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFF4EFA2FFFB2949B" box="[168,176,1509,1530]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
13866 adult male paratype; (C) ZMMU R
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13815 adult male paratype; (D) uncollected adult specimen from Cat Tien National Park. Photos by Anna B. Vassilieva, Vitaly L. Trounov, Eduard A. Galoyan, Peter Geissler and Robert Wayne Van Devender.
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</caption>
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFF21F994FE8E9716" box="[199,396,1630,1655]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">Coloration in life</emphasis>
. Ground coloration varies from lighter and darker grey or brown in adults and subadults to light reddish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFEC2F94EFE2F97FA" box="[292,301,1668,1691]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
brown in young juveniles (see
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); the pattern is more or less consistent with the
<typeStatus id="54AB881D6866C34CFB1CF948FA5D97FA" box="[1274,1375,1666,1691]" pageId="6" pageNumber="239" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, with some variations in dorsal blotch number (24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFD6EF96DFD9497DF" box="[648,662,1703,1726]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239"></emphasis>
35 on trunk, and always 5 on tail), and in the width of light vertebral stripe from one to three middorsal scale rows. Dorsal spots are dark bluish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFC3FF906FCE09782" box="[985,994,1740,1763]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
gray in adults or subadults usually with little contrast (hardly distinguishable) with ground coloration of dorsum to dark brownish brick red, with a contrasting blackish margin in one juvenile (ZFMK 88921). Head marking is more contrasty in juvenile and subadult and includes a rounded spot on frontal separated from chevron in four individuals. Head markings are dark grey or olive
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFE8EF896FE739612" box="[360,369,1884,1907]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
brown with maroon or rusty tint in adults and contrasty brownish
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFB8EF896FB739612" box="[1128,1137,1884,1907]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
red in juveniles. Vertebral stripe varies from orange
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFE5CF8B5FEC196F7" box="[442,451,1919,1942]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
yellow to red. Dark speckles on flanks may form oblique reticulated rows orientated back
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFF2AF86EFFD796DA" box="[204,213,1956,1979]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
and downwards. Ventral coloration varies from white with faint pinkish tint in adults to more saturated pink in subadults and bright red in juveniles (see
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); ventral pattern varies from few squarish dark
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6866C34CFB1AF802FA0796BE" box="[1276,1285,1992,2015]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="239">-</emphasis>
grey spots on lateral edges of some ventrals to almost continuous dark grey spotting on most posterior ventrals; the throat and most anterior ventrals are without dark spots; and at most a few tiny dark speckle in the proximal part of the tail.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6867C34DFF21FF2BFCB89004" blockId="7.[151,1436,151,357]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF21FF2BFE3D9199" box="[199,319,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Hemipenis</emphasis>
(dissected in preserved specimen—adult male ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFC5AFF2BFCC79199" box="[956,965,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13866). The hemipenis is moderately long (reaching SC 11
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFEA9FECFFE5F907D" box="[335,349,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240"></emphasis>
12) and bifurcated opposite to SC 7
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFD12FECFFC00907D" box="[756,770,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240"></emphasis>
8. Proximal part of the unforked part is covered with deep calyces and few longitudinal folds, while distal part is smooth with thin and delicate longitudinal folds. Forks have faintly cellular surface. No spines or papillae are evident (see
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6867C34DFF71FA6EFB5394B8" blockId="7.[151,1436,1444,1497]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF71FA6EFE1194DB" bold="true" box="[151,275,1444,1466]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Ventral coloration of
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFE10FA6EFDD694DB" box="[502,724,1444,1466]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFD3AFA6FFC2C94DB" bold="true" box="[732,814,1445,1466]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66867C34DFD3AFA6FFC2C94DB" box="[732,814,1445,1466]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in life: (A) adult male paratype (ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFB0AFA6FFBF694DB" box="[1260,1268,1445,1466]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13866); juvenile paratype (ZFMK 88921). Photos by Anna B. Vassilieva, Vitaly L. Trounov and Peter Geissler.
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF21F9CAFE629778" bold="true" box="[199,352,1536,1561]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the
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locality (Cat Tien National Park).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF21F9EEFD0C975C" bold="true" box="[199,526,1572,1597]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Habitat and natural history</emphasis>
. Specimens ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFCEAF9EFFC17975D" box="[780,789,1573,1596]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13865, R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFC9DF9EFFC86975D" box="[891,900,1573,1596]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13866 and R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFBF5F9EFFB1E975D" box="[1043,1052,1573,1596]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13815 were collected on a country road running through highly disturbed lowland monsoon semideciduous, polydominant, partially submersible forest with the predominance of
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFDC1F9A7FC4C97E4" box="[551,846,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Lagerstroemia calyculata</emphasis>
(Lythraceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFC18F9A6FBEC97E4" box="[1022,1262,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Tetrameles nudiflora</emphasis>
(Datiscaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF71F95BFE8B97C8" box="[151,393,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Dipterocarpus alatus</emphasis>
(Dipterocarpaceae)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFD9AF95BFDB897C9" box="[636,698,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Ficus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. (
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) and
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFC58F95AFB8597C8" box="[958,1159,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Afzelia xylocarpa</emphasis>
(Fabaceae)
</taxonomicName>
, and with a canopy formed by different arboreal species of
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,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFC18F97EFB8997AC" box="[1022,1163,1716,1741]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Irvingiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Irvingiaceae</taxonomicName>
, Meliасeae,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFF71F913FE079791" box="[151,261,1753,1776]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Moraceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Moraceae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFED8F912FEEA9790" box="[318,488,1752,1777]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Euphorbiaceae</taxonomicName>
. Forest edges along the road are formed by bamboo (
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFBA0F912FBFA9790" box="[1094,1272,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Dendrocalamus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.;
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), rattan (
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFF01F936FE499674" box="[231,331,1788,1813]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Sparidae" genus="Calamus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFF01F936FE499674" box="[231,331,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Calamus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFE99F937FEFA9674" box="[383,504,1789,1813]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Arecaceae</taxonomicName>
), trees (
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFDB6F936FC6C9674" box="[592,878,1788,1813]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Terminalia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="calamansanai">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFDB6F936FC6C9674" box="[592,878,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Terminalia calamansanai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFC9DF936FB1D9674" box="[891,1055,1788,1813]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Combretaceae</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFBCCF936FB8E9674" box="[1066,1164,1788,1813]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Hibiscus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFBCCF936FB8E9674" box="[1066,1164,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Hibiscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFB27F936FA3C9674" box="[1217,1342,1788,1813]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Malvaceae</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFAAFF937FA9E9675" box="[1353,1436,1789,1812]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Grewia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFAAFF937FA9E9675" box="[1353,1436,1789,1812]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Grewia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFF2FF8EAFE309658" box="[201,306,1824,1849]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Tiliaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Tiliaceae</taxonomicName>
; etc.), lianas (
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFE3EF8EAFD699658" box="[472,619,1824,1849]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Acanthaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFD9DF8EAFC099658" box="[635,779,1824,1849]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Mimosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="family">Mimosaceae</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFCFCF8EAFCA89658" box="[794,938,1824,1849]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Verbenaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Verbenaceae</taxonomicName>
, etc.) and herbaceous plants (
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFAECF8EAFA689658" box="[1290,1386,1824,1849]" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" genus="Zingiber" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFAECF8EAFA689658" box="[1290,1386,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Zingiber</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFF71F88EFE3B963C" box="[151,313,1860,1885]" class="Liliopsida" family="Zingiberaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Zingiberaceae</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFEA2F88EFEC0963C" box="[324,450,1860,1885]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Saccharum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFEA2F88EFEC0963C" box="[324,450,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Saccharum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFE11F88FFD54963D" box="[503,598,1861,1884]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
; etc.). One specimen (ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFC27F88FFCC8963D" box="[961,970,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">-</emphasis>
13815) was collected on the forest trail in an almost undisturbed area of monsoon semideciduous forest with a strong predominance of
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFB1EF8A3FE0E96C4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lythraceae" genus="Lagerstroemia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="calyculata">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFB1EF8A3FE0E96C4" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Lagerstroemia calyculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6867C34DFEA4F846FD2996C4" box="[322,555,1932,1957]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Tetramelaceae" genus="Tetrameles" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="7" pageNumber="240" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nudiflora">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6867C34DFEA4F846FD2996C4" box="[322,555,1932,1957]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Tetrameles nudiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6867C34DFF21F87AFB6C96A8" blockId="7.[151,1436,1536,1993]" box="[199,1134,1968,1993]" pageId="7" pageNumber="240">Three living specimens were collected on the ground, being active during day time.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6868C342FF71F96EFD0A97B8" blockId="8.[151,1436,1700,1753]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FF71F96EFE1097D8" bold="true" box="[151,274,1700,1722]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Intact (left on photograph) and dissected (right) hemipenes in preserved paratype ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FB57F96FFBBB97DB" box="[1201,1209,1701,1722]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">-</emphasis>
13866. Photo by Anna B. Vassilieva and Vitaly L. Trounov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6868C342FF21F8CFFDC49623" blockId="8.[151,1436,1797,2038]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">
The digestive tracts of specimens ZMMU R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FD36F8CCFDDB967C" box="[720,729,1798,1821]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">-</emphasis>
13866 and R
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FC97F8CCFC78967C" box="[881,890,1798,1821]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">-</emphasis>
13815 contained chitinous remains of digested insects, presumably coleopterans and blattodeans.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30A65346868C340FF21F887FD479665" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="243" pageId="8" pageNumber="241" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6868C342FF21F887FD8F96CF" blockId="8.[151,1436,1797,2038]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FF21F887FE449607" bold="true" box="[199,326,1869,1894]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">Etymology</emphasis>
. The new species is named after its
<typeStatus id="54AB881D6868C342FD07F884FC139607" box="[737,785,1870,1894]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">type</typeStatus>
locality, the Cat Tien National Park. Established in 1978, and covering about 72.000 hectares, CTNP is one of the most important areas for the conservation of biodiversity of the lowland forests in southern Indochina.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAF36BF6868C340FF21F873FD479665" blockId="8.[151,1436,1797,2038]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1436,151,1797]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="243" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6868C342FF21F873FE6F96B3" bold="true" box="[199,365,1977,2002]" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">Comparisons.</emphasis>
In addition to hemipenial characters, which are unavailable in some species (Green 2010), we use the number of dorsal scale rows at midbody (
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6868C342FD5AF814FDF89697" box="[700,762,2014,2038]" name="Egypt" pageId="8" pageNumber="241">MSR</collectingCountry>
) as a
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diagnostic character for comparison (fide
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B4E6868C343FAB1F817FE2F91CE" author="David" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="242" pageId="8" pageNumber="241" refString="David, P., Vogel, G. &amp; Pauwels, O. S. G. (2008 a) A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from southern Vietnam and Cambodia. Zootaxa, 1939, 19 - 37." type="journal article" year="2008" yearSuffix="a">
David
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FF53FFD191D1" box="[151,211,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">et al.</emphasis>
2008 a
</bibRefCitation>
&amp;
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). We compare
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDF8FF5DFC1591D1" box="[542,791,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCC4FF5DFC8291D1" bold="true" box="[802,896,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66869C343FCC4FF5DFC8291D1" box="[802,896,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
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= 17) with all (distributional notes are provided for species not known from the Indochinese biogeographical region fide
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) congeners having 15 to 17
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEA9FF2AFE8F9199" box="[335,397,224,248]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
, as the number of
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDBBFF2AFD9A9199" box="[605,664,224,248]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
may vary between these two values due to the position of the dorsal scale row reduction (David
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE04FECFFD1D907C" box="[482,543,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">et al.</emphasis>
2012). Among those,
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCCBFECEFB25907D" box="[813,1063,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FBD5FECEFB93907C" bold="true" box="[1075,1169,260,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66869C343FBD5FECEFB93907C" box="[1075,1169,260,285]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the other members of the
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FEA9FEEDFD229021" box="[335,544,295,320]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cyclurus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEA9FEEDFD229021" box="[335,544,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Oligodon cyclurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—group (
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD69FEE3FDCF9021" box="[655,717,297,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B4E6869C343FD33FEEDFC599021" author="Smith" box="[725,859,295,320]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" refString="Smith, M. A. (1943) The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo - chinese subregion. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III, Serpentes. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, xii + 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith 1943</bibRefCitation>
,
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David
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC52FEE3FCEF9021" box="[948,1005,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">et al.</emphasis>
2008 a
</bibRefCitation>
, and
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Neang
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB35FEE3FA0E9021" box="[1235,1292,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
) from:
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FE87FE219004" box="[151,291,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF71FE87FFAC9005" box="[151,174,333,356]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. chinensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, the presence of temporal bars, 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC60FE87FC969005" box="[902,916,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35+5 large transverse blotches instead of 10
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA68FE87FA9E9005" box="[1422,1436,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
15+3
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF37FEBBFFDD90E9" box="[209,223,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
4 black crossbands, and the red ventral color in juveniles (greyish white in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FBC9FEBAFBB890E9" box="[1071,1210,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chinensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FBC9FEBAFBB890E9" box="[1071,1210,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBC9FEBAFB4490E6" box="[1071,1094,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. chinensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FB35FEBAFA7A90E9" box="[1235,1400,368,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB35FEBAFA7A90E9" box="[1235,1400,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB35FEBAFBE890E6" box="[1235,1258,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. formosanus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, a reddish ventral coloration in juveniles (yellowish with a white ventrolateral line in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FA67FE5FFE1890B1" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA67FE5FFE1890B1" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA67FE5FFA9A90CD" box="[1409,1432,405,428]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. formosanus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the presence of dark transverse vertebral blotches;
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<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC75FE72FB6E90B1" box="[915,1132,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC75FE72FCA890AE" box="[915,938,440,463]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. kampucheaensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, and 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA68FE73FA9E90B1" box="[1422,1436,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35+5 large vertebral blotches instead of 17 thin whitish transverse bands;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC1EFE17FB8D9094" box="[1016,1167,476,501]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kheriensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC1EFE17FB8D9094" box="[1016,1167,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC1EFE17FB0D9095" box="[1016,1039,477,500]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. kheriensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB3DFE16FA179094" box="[1243,1301,476,501]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
by a lower number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE62FDCBFE909379" box="[388,402,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 196), the presence of a chevron as well as the presence of vertebral blotches (dorsum being uniformly colored in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FE28FDEFFD61935C" box="[462,611,548,573]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kheriensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE28FDEFFD61935C" box="[462,611,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE28FDEFFEE7935D" box="[462,485,549,572]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. kheriensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD9AFDEFFC0B935D" box="[636,777,549,572]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrurus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD9AFDEFFC0B935D" box="[636,777,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD9AFDEFFD91935D" box="[636,659,549,572]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. macrurus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FADAFDEFFA48935D" box="[1340,1354,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 139
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF27FD83FFCD9301" box="[193,207,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
162), and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD8DFD83FD7B9301" box="[619,633,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 45
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD07FD83FDED9301" box="[737,751,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
94);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FCC3FD82FCCF9301" box="[805,973,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="saintgironsi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCC3FD82FCCF9301" box="[805,973,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCC3FD82FC3E933E" box="[805,828,584,607]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. saintgironsi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, 1 vs. 2 PreOc, 31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA94FD83FA829301" box="[1394,1408,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 53
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF3AFDA7FFE893E5" box="[220,234,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
59 SC, and 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE69FDA7FE9F93E5" box="[399,413,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35+5 vs. 10
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDC2FDA7FD3093E5" box="[548,562,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
13+2
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD8AFDA7FD7893E5" box="[620,634,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
4 large transverse blotches on dorsum. Further species assigned to the
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FD45FE1D93C9" box="[151,287,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FF71FD45FE0D93C9" box="[151,271,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cyclurus">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF71FD45FFA993C9" box="[151,171,655,680]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
.cyclurus
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
group are differing by having 19 or more
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD1DFD5AFC3893C9" box="[763,826,656,680]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
:
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FCA0FD5AFCCA93C9" box="[838,968,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cyclurus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCA0FD5AFCCA93C9" box="[838,968,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCA0FD5AFC5F93C6" box="[838,861,656,679]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cyclurus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(19
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC18FD5AFB3C93C9" box="[1022,1086,656,680]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FBB5FD5AFBED93C9" box="[1107,1263,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciolatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FBB5FD5AFBED93C9" box="[1107,1263,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBB5FD5AFB6893C6" box="[1107,1130,656,679]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. fasciolatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(21
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FAFBFD5BFA2993C9" box="[1309,1323,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
23
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FAA9FD5AFA8D93C9" box="[1359,1423,656,680]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FF71FD7FFE3E93AC" box="[151,316,692,717]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="juglandifer">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FD7FFE3E93AC" box="[151,316,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF71FD7FFFAC93AD" box="[151,174,693,716]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. juglandifer
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Northeast
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDEEFD7EFD4093AC" box="[520,578,692,717]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
(19
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD64FD7EFDC093AD" box="[642,706,692,716]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD3DFD7FFC6B93AC" box="[731,873,692,717]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ocellatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD3DFD7FFC6B93AC" box="[731,873,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD3DFD7FFDF093AD" box="[731,754,693,716]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. ocellatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(19
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC4FFD7EFCEB93AD" box="[937,1001,692,716]" name="Egypt" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">MSR</collectingCountry>
). Beyond its own species group,
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FA67FD7FFE199391" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cattienensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA67FD7FFE199391" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA67FD7FFA9A93AD" box="[1409,1432,693,716]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cattienensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEC4FD1DFE7E9391" bold="true" box="[290,380,727,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66869C343FEC4FD1DFE7E9391" box="[290,380,727,752]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from:
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FDFEFD12FD839391" box="[536,641,728,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="affinis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDFEFD12FD839391" box="[536,641,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDFEFD12FD2D938E" box="[536,559,728,751]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. affinis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD23FD1DFDFD9391" box="[709,767,727,752]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
by a higher number of ventrals (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB7DFD13FBAB9391" box="[1179,1193,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 129
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FACDFD13FA3B9391" box="[1323,1337,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
145) and an undivided nasal;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FE9AFD37FEF89275" box="[380,506,765,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ancorus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE9AFD37FEF89275" box="[380,506,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE9AFD37FE919275" box="[380,403,765,788]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. ancorus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD8AFD36FDE89274" box="[620,746,764,789]" name="Philippines" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by a higher number of vertebral blotches (24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB17FD37FBFD9275" box="[1265,1279,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 +5 vs. 14
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA68FD37FA9E9275" box="[1422,1436,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
22), and a red ventral coloration in juveniles (yellowish cream in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC77FCEAFB0D9259" box="[913,1039,800,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ancorus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC77FCEAFB0D9259" box="[913,1039,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC77FCEAFCAA9256" box="[913,936,800,823]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. ancorus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FBCCFCEAFBB49259" box="[1066,1206,799,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annulifer">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FBCCFCEAFBB49259" box="[1066,1206,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBCCFCEAFB439256" box="[1066,1089,800,823]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. annulifer
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Borneo by an entire nasal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD6EFC8FFD94923D" box="[648,662,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 151
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCFBFC8FFC29923D" box="[797,811,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
162), a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB79FC8FFBAF923D" box="[1183,1197,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 44
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FAFEFC8FFA24923D" box="[1304,1318,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
50), and 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEE6FCA2FE1E92E1" box="[256,284,872,896]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDF2FCA2FD30921E" box="[532,562,872,895]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FDD9FCA2FDC092E1" box="[575,706,872,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="arnensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDD9FCA2FDC092E1" box="[575,706,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDD9FCA2FD54921E" box="[575,598,872,895]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. arnensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Indian Subcontinent by an entire nasal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA9EFCA2FA9692E1" box="[1400,1428,872,896]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE9DFC47FE9A92C5" box="[379,408,909,932]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD5DFC47FC3092C4" box="[699,818,908,933]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barroni">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD5DFC47FC3092C4" box="[699,818,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD5DFC47FDD092C5" box="[699,722,909,932]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. barroni
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA82FC47FA7092C5" box="[1380,1394,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 135
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF0DFC7BFFFB92A9" box="[235,249,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
160), 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEBFFC7BFE6592A9" box="[345,359,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35+5 vs. 10
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE16FC7BFEFC92A9" box="[496,510,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
14 transverse paravertebral blotches;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC4AFC7AFB5392A9" box="[940,1105,943,968]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bitorquatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC4AFC7AFB5392A9" box="[940,1105,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC4AFC7AFCC192A6" box="[940,963,944,967]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. bitorquatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB7DFC65FA0A92A9" box="[1179,1288,943,968]" name="Indonesia" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEB9FC1EFE79928D" box="[351,379,980,1004]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD97FC1FFD8C928D" box="[625,654,981,1004]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and the absence of a bright yellow collar between the temporal bars and the chevron;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FEBFFC32FED09571" box="[345,466,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="booliati">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEBFFC32FED09571" box="[345,466,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEBFFC32FE72956E" box="[345,368,1016,1039]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. booliati
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDF1FC3DFD559571" box="[535,599,1015,1040]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Pulau</collectingCountry>
Tioman by an entire nasal, 2 instead of 1 PosOc, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF2CFBD7FFDA9555" box="[202,216,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 143
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEBFFBD7FE659555" box="[345,359,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
153), and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD1FFBD7FC059555" box="[761,775,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 54
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC8AFBD7FC789555" box="[876,890,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
60);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC48FBD7FB4F9554" box="[942,1101,1052,1077]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevicauda">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC48FBD7FB4F9554" box="[942,1101,1052,1077]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC48FBD7FCC79555" box="[942,965,1053,1076]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. brevicauda
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB77FBD6FBC99554" box="[1169,1227,1052,1077]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, the presence of a loreal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDDFFB8AFD579539" box="[569,597,1088,1112]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCB2FB8AFC739536" box="[852,881,1088,1111]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and the presence of dark vertebral blotches;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FA67FB8AFFF7951D" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA67FB8AFFF7951D" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA67FB8AFA9A9536" box="[1409,1432,1088,1111]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cinereus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, by a head bearing prominent dark markings (temporal bars, chevron, interocular bar), and a red ventral coloration in juveniles (white to yellowish cream in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC31FB42FB5E95C1" box="[983,1116,1160,1184]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC31FB42FB5E95C1" box="[983,1116,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC31FB42FCEC95FE" box="[983,1006,1160,1183]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cinereus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) [
<bibRefCitation id="EF814B4E6869C343FB91FB42FA2795C1" author="Bourret" box="[1143,1317,1160,1184]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" refString="Bourret, R. (1934) Notes herpetologiques sur l'Indochine Francaise. IV. Sur une collection d'Ophidiens de Cochinchine et du Cambodge. V. Sur Liopeltis major et ses allies. Bulletin General de l' Instruction Publique, 13 - 30." type="book chapter" year="1934">Bourret (1934)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FF71FB67FD0495A4" box="[151,518,1196,1221]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Simotes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="violaceus" subSpecies="pallidocinctus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FB67FD0495A4" box="[151,518,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Simotes violaceus pallidocinctus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Saigon. This name “pallidocinctus” is currently recognized as a color form of
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FF53FB1AFE379589" box="[181,309,1232,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cinereus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF53FB1AFE379589" box="[181,309,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF53FB1AFFCE9586" box="[181,204,1232,1255]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cinereus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see Green 2010, David
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDAAFB1BFD869589" box="[588,644,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">et al.</emphasis>
2012). This color form occurs syntopically with
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FB41FB05FA9E9589" box="[1191,1436,1231,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cattienensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB41FB05FA9E9589" box="[1191,1436,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Oligodon cattienensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF71FB3EFFF6946C" bold="true" box="[151,244,1268,1293]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D66869C343FF71FB3EFFF6946C" box="[151,244,1268,1293]" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and is distinguishable by its characteristic 27
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCE1FB3FFC17946D" box="[775,789,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
34+3
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCA9FB3FFC5F946D" box="[847,861,1269,1292]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
4 light, black edged, thin crossbars and unspotted ventrals];
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FEE1FAD2FE9D9451" box="[263,415,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cruentatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEE1FAD2FE9D9451" box="[263,415,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEE1FAD2FE1C944E" box="[263,286,1304,1327]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. cruentatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Southern
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDA8FAD2FDB99451" box="[590,699,1304,1328]" name="Myanmar" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, and a divided anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FB4EFAD2FA109451" box="[1192,1298,1303,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deuvei">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB4EFAD2FA109451" box="[1192,1298,1303,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB4EFAD2FBBD944E" box="[1192,1215,1304,1327]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. deuvei
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, 1 instead of 2 PreOc, absence of a light vertebral line edged by two darker dorsolateral lines, and a reddish ventral color in juveniles (only ventral tail being red in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FCF4FAAAFC7C9419" box="[786,894,1375,1400]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deuvei">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCF4FAAAFC7C9419" box="[786,894,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCF4FAAAFC2B9416" box="[786,809,1376,1399]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. deuvei
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FC7EFAAAFB149419" box="[920,1046,1375,1400]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC7EFAAAFB149419" box="[920,1046,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC7EFAAAFCAD9416" box="[920,943,1376,1399]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. dorsalis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Assam,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB5FFA95FA0F9419" box="[1209,1293,1375,1400]" name="Bhutan" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FAFFFA95FA9E9419" box="[1305,1436,1375,1400]" name="Bangladesh" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Bangladesh</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF2FFA4FFE3494FC" box="[201,310,1413,1437]" name="Myanmar" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
by 2 instead of 1 PosOc, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD0DFA4EFC0594FD" box="[747,775,1412,1436]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBE0FA4FFB2194FD" box="[1030,1059,1413,1436]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an undivided anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FA67FA4FFE2C94A1" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythrogaster">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA67FA4FFE2C94A1" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA67FA4FFA9A94FD" box="[1409,1432,1413,1436]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. erythrogaster
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE94FA6DFEAE94A1" box="[370,428,1447,1472]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE07FA6DFD2694A1" box="[481,548,1447,1472]" name="Nepal" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Nepal</collectingCountry>
by the presence of a loreal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC30FA62FCF094A1" box="[982,1010,1448,1472]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB38FA62FBF994DE" box="[1246,1275,1448,1471]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, an entire anal plate, and the presence of transverse vertebral blotches;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FCE0FA07FCCF9484" box="[774,973,1484,1509]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="erythrorhachis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FCE0FA07FCCF9484" box="[774,973,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCE0FA07FC1F9485" box="[774,797,1485,1508]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. erythrorhachis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBF6FA06FB489484" box="[1040,1098,1484,1509]" name="India" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">India</collectingCountry>
by the presence of a loreal, an entire anal plate, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD43FA3BFDB19769" box="[677,691,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 154), and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB7AFA3BFBA89769" box="[1180,1194,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 46);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FAC1FA3AFA9E9769" box="[1319,1436,1520,1544]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="everetti">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FAC1FA3AFA9E9769" box="[1319,1436,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FAC1FA3AFA3C9766" box="[1319,1342,1520,1543]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. everetti
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Borneo by an entire nasal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD9DF9DEFD95974D" box="[635,663,1556,1580]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC60F9DFFCA1974D" box="[902,931,1557,1580]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB18F9DFFA0E974D" box="[1278,1292,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 132
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA68F9DFFA9E974D" box="[1422,1436,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
154), and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDC0F9F3FD369731" box="[550,564,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 46
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD7FF9F3FDA59731" box="[665,679,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
72);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD3CF9F2FC489731" box="[730,842,1591,1616]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="forbesi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD3CF9F2FC489731" box="[730,842,1591,1616]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD3CF9F2FDF3972E" box="[730,753,1592,1615]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. forbesi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC6BF9FDFCF89731" box="[909,1018,1591,1616]" name="Indonesia" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF0FF997FFF59715" box="[233,247,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 43
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE82F997FE709715" box="[356,370,1629,1652]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
51), the presence of an ocular bar and a reddish ventral color in juveniles (yellowish in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FA67F997FFE797F9" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="forbesi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FA67F997FFE797F9" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA67F997FA9A9715" box="[1409,1432,1629,1652]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. forbesi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FF1BF94AFE8897F9" box="[253,394,1663,1688]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hamptoni">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF1BF94AFE8897F9" box="[253,394,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF1BF94AFE1697F6" box="[253,276,1664,1687]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. hamptoni
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE36F94AFD3F97F9" box="[464,573,1664,1688]" name="Myanmar" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
by the presence of two internasals, 8 instead of 5 SL, 8 (rarely 7)
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FACDF94AFA4797F6" box="[1323,1349,1664,1687]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
instead of 6
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FF32F96FFFF397DD" box="[212,241,1701,1724]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FDC8F96FFDC397DD" box="[558,705,1701,1724]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDC8F96FFDC397DD" box="[558,705,1701,1724]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDC8F96FFD4797DD" box="[558,581,1701,1724]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. inornatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, the presence of prominent head markings (chevron, temporal bars and ocular bar), and the presence of 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FC98F903FC8E9781" box="[894,908,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35+5 large vertebral blotches (head and body uniformly pale brown in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FE49F927FD3C9665" box="[431,574,1773,1796]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE49F927FD3C9665" box="[431,574,1773,1796]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE49F927FEC49665" box="[431,454,1773,1796]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. inornatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FDB3F927FDEA9664" box="[597,744,1772,1797]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jintakunei">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDB3F927FDEA9664" box="[597,744,1772,1797]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDB3F927FD6E9665" box="[597,620,1773,1796]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. jintakunei
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCCBF926FC939664" box="[813,913,1772,1797]" name="Thailand" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Thailand</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, presence of 2 internasals, 2 instead of 1 PosOc, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD77F8DAFC119649" box="[657,787,1808,1832]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="joynsoni">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD77F8DAFC119649" box="[657,787,1808,1832]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD77F8DAFDAA9646" box="[657,680,1808,1831]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. joynsoni
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, a lower number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FADAF8DBFA489649" box="[1340,1354,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 187
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FF27F8FFFFCD962D" box="[193,207,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
195) and of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FE40F8FFFEB6962D" box="[422,436,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
35 vs. 40
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDFDF8FFFD2B962D" box="[539,553,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
50);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FDBBF8FFFC1A962C" box="[605,792,1844,1869]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunmingensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FDBBF8FFFC1A962C" box="[605,792,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDBBF8FFFD76962D" box="[605,628,1845,1868]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. kunmingensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FCBBF8FEFCA2962C" box="[861,928,1844,1869]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">China</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, the presence of a loreal, 8 instead of 5 SL, 8 (rarely 7)
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE34F892FEEF960E" box="[466,493,1880,1903]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
instead of 6
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD9AF892FD9B960E" box="[636,665,1880,1903]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FBC4F893FB329611" box="[1058,1072,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
178 vs. 108
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FB57F893FBBD9611" box="[1201,1215,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242"></emphasis>
121);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FAE7F892FA7B9611" box="[1281,1401,1879,1904]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lacroixi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FAE7F892FA7B9611" box="[1281,1401,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FAE7F892FA1A960E" box="[1281,1304,1880,1903]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. lacroixi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of 2 internasals, the presence of a loreal, 8 instead of 5 SL, 8 (rarely 7)
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FBDAF8B7FB5496F5" box="[1084,1110,1917,1940]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
instead of 6
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB02F8B7FA0396F5" box="[1252,1281,1917,1940]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FEF4F86BFED396D8" box="[274,465,1952,1977]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lungshenensis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FEF4F86BFED396D8" box="[274,465,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FEF4F86BFE2B96D9" box="[274,297,1953,1976]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. lungshenensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FDF3F86AFD5A96D8" box="[533,600,1952,1977]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">China</collectingCountry>
by the presence of two intranasals, the presence of a loreal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FA9EF86AFA9696D9" box="[1400,1428,1952,1976]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 6 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FE9AF80FFE9B96BD" box="[380,409,1989,2012]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C6869C343FD5BF80FFC5196BC" box="[701,851,1988,2013]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="242" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD6869C343FD5BF80FFC5196BC" box="[701,851,1988,2013]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FD5BF80FFDD696BD" box="[701,724,1989,2012]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">O</collectingCountry>
. maculatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FC25F80EFB4396BC" box="[963,1089,1988,2013]" name="Philippines" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F6869C343FB0AF80EFA0A96BD" box="[1260,1288,1988,2012]" name="Iceland" pageId="9" pageNumber="242">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF12FF52FE1391CE" box="[244,273,152,175]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD9BFF53FD8991D1" box="[637,651,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 156
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCF5FF53FC2391D1" box="[787,801,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
164) and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB24FF53FBD291D1" box="[1218,1232,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 52
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FADAFF53FA4891D1" box="[1340,1354,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
55);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FF52FE0391B4" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melaneus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FF52FE0391B4" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FF52FA9A91CE" box="[1409,1432,152,175]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. melaneus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEA3FF76FE7D91B4" box="[325,383,188,213]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">India</collectingCountry>
by an entire anal plate, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC04FF77FCF291B5" box="[994,1008,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 152
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB95FF77FB8391B5" box="[1139,1153,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
160) and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEEDFF2BFE1B9199" box="[267,281,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 39
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE63FF2BFE919199" box="[389,403,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
40);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FE2DFF2AFD9A9199" box="[459,664,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanozonatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE2DFF2AFD9A9199" box="[459,664,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE2DFF2AFEE09196" box="[459,482,224,247]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. melanozonatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD02FF15FC1C9199" box="[740,798,223,248]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">India</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCBDFF15FC9C9199" box="[859,926,223,248]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">China</collectingCountry>
by the presence of a loreal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA9EFF2AFA969199" box="[1400,1428,224,248]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 6 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE6BFECFFEA5907D" box="[397,423,261,284]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
(7 SL present in one specimen of
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FCAEFECFFB15907C" box="[840,1047,260,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="melanozonatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCAEFECFFB15907C" box="[840,1047,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCAEFECFFC5D907D" box="[840,863,261,284]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. melanozonatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and by an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FECFFE0F9021" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meyerinkii">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FECFFE0F9021" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FECFFA9A907D" box="[1409,1432,261,284]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. meyerinkii
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE98FEEDFEFE9021" box="[382,508,295,320]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Philippines</collectingCountry>
and Borneo by an entire nasal, by 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBECFEE2FB249021" box="[1034,1062,296,320]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB69FEE2FBA8905E" box="[1167,1194,296,319]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
(6 SL and 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FAA6FEE2FA58905E" box="[1344,1370,296,319]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FEE2FE0F9004" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meyerinkii">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FEE2FE0F9004" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FEE2FA9A905E" box="[1409,1432,296,319]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. meyerinkii
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and by the absence of paravertebral stripes;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FCE9FE87FC9B9004" box="[783,921,332,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCE9FE87FC9B9004" box="[783,921,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCE9FE87FC249005" box="[783,806,333,356]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. modestus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBE0FE86FB869004" box="[1030,1156,332,357]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by 2 instead of 1 PosOc, by 8 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FECBFEBAFE4590E6" box="[301,327,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
(6 SL and 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE05FEBAFEFC90E6" box="[483,510,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FDC2FEBAFDB390E9" box="[548,689,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="modestus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDC2FEBAFDB390E9" box="[548,689,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDC2FEBAFD3990E6" box="[548,571,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. modestus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and by the presence of large transverse blotches on dorsum;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FEBAFFEE90CD" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moricei">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FEBAFFEE90CD" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FEBAFA9A90E6" box="[1409,1432,368,391]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. moricei
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, by a reddish to greyish dorsal coloration with large transverse blotches instead of a dark greyish brown color with only a lighter vertebral line, and a reddish venter (in juveniles) instead of a yellowish one in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FF51FE17FE309095" box="[183,306,477,500]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moricei">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FF51FE17FE309095" box="[183,306,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF51FE17FFCC9095" box="[183,206,477,500]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. moricei
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FEA3FE17FEC59094" box="[325,455,476,501]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mouhoti">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEA3FE17FEC59094" box="[325,455,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEA3FE17FE5E9095" box="[325,348,477,500]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. mouhoti
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by an entire nasal, and the absence of a light vertebral line flanked by brown lines (vertebral line interrupted by dark transverse blotches in
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FCFCFDCAFCC39379" box="[794,961,512,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cattienensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCFCFDCAFCC39379" box="[794,961,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCFCFDCAFC339376" box="[794,817,512,535]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. cattienensis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC2FFE35FB269379" bold="true" box="[969,1060,511,536]" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25757D6686AC340FC2FFE35FB269379" box="[969,1060,511,536]" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FBDAFDCAFBED9379" box="[1084,1263,511,536]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multizonatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBDAFDCAFBED9379" box="[1084,1263,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBDAFDCAFB519376" box="[1084,1107,512,535]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. multizonatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FAD3FE35FA7A9379" box="[1333,1400,511,536]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">China</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, by a short loreal not touching the eye, a lower number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBDFFDEFFB45935D" box="[1081,1095,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 190
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB2EFDEFFBD4935D" box="[1224,1238,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
195) and SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA68FDEFFA9E935D" box="[1422,1436,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 68
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FF19FD83FE0F9301" box="[255,269,585,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
75), and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FDBAFD82FDC79301" box="[604,709,584,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nagao">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDBAFD82FDC79301" box="[604,709,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDBAFD82FD71933E" box="[604,627,584,607]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. nagao
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 1 instead of 2 PreOc, a lower number of VEN (167178 vs. 184193) and SC (3135 vs. 4347), a forked hemipenes and a yellow
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC31FDA7FCE293E5" box="[983,992,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">-</emphasis>
orange or red vertebral stripe between blotches;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FEE2FD5AFE6C93C9" box="[260,366,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nikhili">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEE2FD5AFE6C93C9" box="[260,366,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEE2FD5AFE1993C6" box="[260,283,656,679]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. nikhili
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE53FD45FEED93C9" box="[437,495,655,680]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">India</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, the presence of a loreal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FADAFD5BFA4893C9" box="[1340,1354,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 144), and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FE14FD7FFD8A93AC" box="[498,648,692,717]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="notospilus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE14FD7FFD8A93AC" box="[498,648,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE14FD7FFD0B93AD" box="[498,521,693,716]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. notospilus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD1CFD7EFC7A93AC" box="[762,888,692,717]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB1AFD7FFA0893AD" box="[1276,1290,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 136
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA68FD7FFA9E93AD" box="[1422,1436,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
140);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FF38FD12FE8C9391" box="[222,398,727,752]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="octolineatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FF38FD12FE8C9391" box="[222,398,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF38FD12FFF7938E" box="[222,245,728,751]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. octolineatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE38FD1DFD4A9391" box="[478,584,727,752]" name="Malaysia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDBEFD1DFDCB9391" box="[600,713,727,752]" name="Singapore" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Singapore</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCEDFD1DFC7A9391" box="[779,888,727,752]" name="Indonesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, the absence of alternating longitudinal stripes on dorsum, and the presence of a broad V
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCADFD37FC569275" box="[843,852,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">-</emphasis>
shaped chevron;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FBF5FD37FB889275" box="[1043,1162,765,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBF5FD37FB889275" box="[1043,1162,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBF5FD37FB289275" box="[1043,1066,765,788]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. ornatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB36FD36FA209274" box="[1232,1314,764,789]" name="Taiwan" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FABFFD36FA9E9274" box="[1369,1436,764,789]" name="China" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">China</collectingCountry>
by the presence of a loreal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDB1FCEAFD719259" box="[599,627,800,824]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FC88FCEAFC899256" box="[878,907,800,823]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FB55FCEAFA339259" box="[1203,1329,799,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perkinsi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB55FCEAFA339259" box="[1203,1329,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB55FCEAFBC89256" box="[1203,1226,800,823]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. perkinsi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF71FC8EFE17923C" box="[151,277,836,861]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by a lower number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD76FC8FFD9C923D" box="[656,670,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 183
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCC4FC8FFC32923D" box="[802,816,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
188), and by the presence of prominent head markings (ocular bar, temporal bars and chevron);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FD83FCA2FC0592E1" box="[613,775,871,896]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petronellae">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD83FCA2FC0592E1" box="[613,775,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD83FCA2FD7E921E" box="[613,636,872,895]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. petronellae
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Sumatra by 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBB2FCA2FB7292E1" box="[1108,1136,872,896]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FAEBFCA2FA25921E" box="[1293,1319,872,895]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
and SL, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE33FC47FEE192C5" box="[469,483,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 144
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD83FC47FD7192C5" box="[613,627,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
163), and the absence of 20
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC4EFC47FCB492C5" box="[936,950,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
25+3
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC16FC47FCFC92C5" box="[1008,1022,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
5 lighter rings;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FB4DFC47FA5C92C4" box="[1195,1374,908,933]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="praefrontalis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB4DFC47FA5C92C4" box="[1195,1374,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB4DFC47FBC092C5" box="[1195,1218,909,932]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. praefrontalis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF71FC65FE0692A9" box="[151,260,943,968]" name="Indonesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by the presence of 2 internasals and a loreal, 2 instead of 1 PosOc, a lower number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FADBFC7BFA4992A9" box="[1341,1355,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 193), and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FE0CFC1FFD88928D" box="[490,650,981,1004]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="propinquus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE0CFC1FFD88928D" box="[490,650,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE0CFC1FFD03928D" box="[490,513,981,1004]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. propinquus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD28FC1EFC39928C" box="[718,827,980,1005]" name="Indonesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FC06FC1EFCFE928D" box="[992,1020,980,1004]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) instead of 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB0DFC1FFA0A928D" box="[1259,1288,981,1004]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
, 167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FADBFC1FFA49928D" box="[1341,1355,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 140 VEN, and the presence of distinct head markings (ocular bar, temporal bars and chevron);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FB25FC32FA9E9571" box="[1219,1436,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pseudotaeniatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB25FC32FA9E9571" box="[1219,1436,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB25FC32FBD8956E" box="[1219,1242,1016,1039]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. pseudotaeniatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF3EFBD6FE3E9554" box="[216,316,1052,1077]" name="Thailand" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Thailand</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC69FBD7FC9F9555" box="[911,925,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 137
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBC1FBD7FB379555" box="[1063,1077,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
156), and the presence of dark transverse blotches on dorsum;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FDEFFB8AFDC69539" box="[521,708,1087,1112]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulcherrimus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDEFFB8AFDC69539" box="[521,708,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDEFFB8AFD229536" box="[521,544,1088,1111]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. pulcherrimus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Sumatra by an entire nasal, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FB8AFFF6951D" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="signatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FB8AFFF6951D" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FB8AFA9A9536" box="[1409,1432,1088,1111]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. signatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEDDFBAEFEA6951C" box="[315,420,1124,1149]" name="Malaysia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE54FBAEFD26951C" box="[434,548,1124,1149]" name="Singapore" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Singapore</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDBAFBAEFDCB951C" box="[604,713,1124,1149]" name="Indonesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 2 vs. 1 PosOc, and 31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB43FBAFFBB1951D" box="[1189,1203,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 43
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FAFAFBAFFA28951D" box="[1308,1322,1125,1148]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
59 SC;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FBAFFE1595C1" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sublineatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FBAFFE1595C1" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FBAFFA9A951D" box="[1409,1432,1125,1148]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. sublineatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE82FB4DFED595C1" box="[356,471,1159,1184]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, an entire anal plate, and 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB9BFB42FB9B95C1" box="[1149,1177,1160,1184]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) vs. 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FAB4FB42FA7295FE" box="[1362,1392,1160,1183]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FB42FE1695A4" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniolatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FB42FE1695A4" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FB42FA9A95FE" box="[1409,1432,1160,1183]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. taeniolatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Indian Subcontinent,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD88FB67FD9C95A5" box="[622,670,1197,1220]" name="Iran" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Iran</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD4FFB66FC3795A4" box="[681,821,1196,1221]" name="Afghanistan" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Afghanistan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCD9FB66FCD895A4" box="[831,986,1196,1221]" name="Turkmenistan" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Turkmenistan</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBE9FB66FB7E95A4" box="[1039,1148,1196,1221]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FEBAFB1AFEF49589" box="[348,502,1231,1256]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="templetoni">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEBAFB1AFEF49589" box="[348,502,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEBAFB1AFE719586" box="[348,371,1232,1255]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. templetoni
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDDBFB05FDAE9589" box="[573,684,1231,1256]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC50FB1BFCC69589" box="[950,964,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 127
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBAFFB1BFB559589" box="[1097,1111,1233,1256]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
152 VEN, and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FF05FB3FFE77946C" box="[227,373,1268,1293]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="theobaldi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FF05FB3FFE77946C" box="[227,373,1268,1293]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF05FB3FFFF8946D" box="[227,250,1269,1292]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. theobaldi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Assam and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDB0FB3FFDC1946C" box="[598,707,1269,1293]" name="Myanmar" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, an entire anal plate, and the absence of longitudinal lateral lines;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FE2AFAD2FD629451" box="[460,608,1304,1328]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="torquatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE2AFAD2FD629451" box="[460,608,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE2AFAD2FEE1944E" box="[460,483,1304,1327]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. torquatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD55FAD2FC229451" box="[691,800,1304,1328]" name="Myanmar" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Myanmar</collectingCountry>
by an entire anal plate, and the absence of 4 dark longitudinal stripes on dorsum;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FDE4FAF7FDC09435" box="[514,706,1341,1364]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDE4FAF7FDC09435" box="[514,706,1341,1364]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FDE4FAF7FD1B9435" box="[514,537,1341,1364]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. travancoricus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCEFFAF6FC409434" box="[777,834,1340,1365]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">India</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, the presence of a loreal, a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE6FFAABFE959419" box="[393,407,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 145
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDFDFAABFD2B9419" box="[539,553,1377,1400]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
155), and an entire anal plate;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FC65FAAAFB189419" box="[899,1050,1375,1400]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trilineatus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC65FAAAFB189419" box="[899,1050,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FC65FAAAFC989416" box="[899,922,1376,1399]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. trilineatus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Sumatra region by an entire nasal, 2 vs. 1 PosOc, 167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE4BFA4FFEB994FD" box="[429,443,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 145
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FDDAFA4FFD4894FD" box="[572,586,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
162 VEN, 31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD38FA4FFDEE94FD" box="[734,748,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 39
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCB7FA4FFC5D94FD" box="[849,863,1413,1436]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
62 SC, and the presence of dark transverse blotches on dorsum;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FEFBFA62FE9C94A1" box="[285,414,1447,1472]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="unicolor">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEFBFA62FE9C94A1" box="[285,414,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEFBFA62FE3694DE" box="[285,308,1448,1471]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. unicolor
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FE05FA6DFD5294A1" box="[483,592,1447,1472]" name="Indonesia" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 8 vs. 6 SL, and the presence of large dorsal blotches;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67FA62FFF59485" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="venustus">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67FA62FFF59485" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67FA62FA9A94DE" box="[1409,1432,1448,1471]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. venustus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEDDFA06FE769484" box="[315,372,1484,1509]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">India</collectingCountry>
by an entire anal plate, and 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCCDFA06FC459485" box="[811,839,1484,1508]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) vs. 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FC0EFA07FB049485" box="[1000,1030,1485,1508]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FBF7FA07FBAF9484" box="[1041,1197,1484,1509]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vertebralis">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBF7FA07FBAF9484" box="[1041,1197,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FBF7FA07FB2A9485" box="[1041,1064,1485,1508]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. vertebralis
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Borneo and the
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF71FA25FE179769" box="[151,277,1519,1544]" name="Philippines" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Philippines</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 8 (rarely 7
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FD88FA3AFD889769" box="[622,650,1520,1544]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
) vs. 7 SL and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCC8FA3AFC499766" box="[814,843,1520,1543]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">IL</collectingCountry>
, and by a higher number of VEN (167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FB1BFA3BFA099769" box="[1277,1291,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 136
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA68FA3BFA9E9769" box="[1422,1436,1521,1544]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
154);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FF3AF9DFFE77974C" box="[220,373,1556,1581]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="waandersi">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FF3AF9DFFE77974C" box="[220,373,1556,1581]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FF3AF9DFFFF1974D" box="[220,243,1557,1580]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. waandersi
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Sulawesi Archipelago by the absence of a prominent reddish vertebral line on tail;
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FA67F9DFFFF19731" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wagneri">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FA67F9DFFFF19731" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FA67F9DFFA9A974D" box="[1409,1432,1557,1580]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. wagneri
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FEDBF9FDFE7F9731" box="[317,381,1591,1616]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Pulau</collectingCountry>
Nias by an entire nasal, by 24
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FD00F9F3FDF69731" box="[742,756,1593,1616]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35+5 large transverse dorsal blotches instead of 14 narrow white crossbars, and by a reddish venter (in juveniles);
<taxonomicName id="4C104D3C686AC340FCEFF997FCBB9714" box="[777,953,1628,1653]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="243" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="woodmasoni">
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FCEFF997FCBB9714" box="[777,953,1628,1653]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FCEFF997FC229715" box="[777,800,1629,1652]" name="Iceland" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">O</collectingCountry>
. woodmasoni
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Andaman and
<collectingCountry id="F307762F686AC340FB42F996FA579714" box="[1188,1365,1628,1653]" name="India" pageId="10" pageNumber="243">Nicobar Islands</collectingCountry>
by an entire nasal, 167
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FEB7F94BFE5D97F9" box="[337,351,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
178 vs. 180
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FE05F94BFEF397F9" box="[483,497,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
190 VEN, and a lower number of SC (31
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FC22F94BFCD097F9" box="[964,978,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
35 vs. 46
<emphasis id="B964EAAD686AC340FBDFF94BFB4597F9" box="[1081,1095,1665,1688]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="243"></emphasis>
57). Comparative data used in this paragraph are based on: Green (2010); Green
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