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(in part).
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFF5534C6FEA9FF6B" box="[151,332,214,238]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Rhabdops bicolor</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1854)
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(in part).
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFF5534E5FEA9FE88" box="[151,332,245,269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Rhabdops bicolor</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1854)
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Giri
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. (2019: 245)
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(in part).
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFF553161FEEBFA0F" bold="true" box="[151,270,1393,1418]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
. Phylogenetic relationships of
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based on analysis of
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sequence data for 22 leaf dataset. Phylogeny shown is ML tree. Support values at internal branches are ML bootstrap proportions followed by BI posterior probabilities. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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.
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(
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), an adult female, from
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(
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,
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,
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and
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,
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,
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(
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,
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), at an elevation of approximately
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a.s.l.
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; collected by
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on
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.
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<typeStatus id="850A12CA665A466FFF05327CFEDAF903" box="[199,319,1644,1670]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
(n = 3).
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4194 (
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), an adult male from Muangla (now Jiucheng Town:
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,
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,
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),
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,
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report of his expedition during which he visited Muangla in the first of two (
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) expeditions.
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1925.12.22.41 (
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) and
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1925.12.22.42 (
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), adult males, from Huton [now Hutung],
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,
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(ca.
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,
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, ca.
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).
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) reported four specimens (as
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFB0932ECFA76F893" box="[1227,1427,1788,1814]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Rhabdops bicolor</emphasis>
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) from Huton,
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Hills,
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. Two specimens from Wall were accessioned into the
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collection on
<date id="2E0F8AA8665A466FFA423330FEABF8DB" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" value="1925-12-22">22 December 1925</date>
, with locality data of “Huton,
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Hills”. On the basis of subcaudal scale counts, we assume that the two
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specimens are the two larger (of three) specimens reported by
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. We do not know the current whereabouts of the other two specimens reported by
<bibRefCitation id="3E20D199665A466FFCFF339CFC59F823" author="Wall, F." box="[829,956,1931,1958]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" pagination="805 - 821" refId="ref10651" refString="Wall, F. (1925) Notes on snakes collected in Burma in 1924. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 30 (4), 805 - 821." type="journal article" year="1925">Wall (1925</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="3E20D199665A466FFC0A339CFBE1F822" author="Wall, F." box="[968,1028,1932,1959]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" pagination="558 - 566" refId="ref10684" refString="Wall, F. (1926) Snakes collected in Burma in 1925. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 31 (3), 558 - 566." type="journal article" year="1926">1926</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFF0533BFFEA7F84F" bold="true" box="[199,322,1967,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFE8A33A0FDF9F84F" box="[328,540,1968,1994]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFDE033A0FD9FF84F" bold="true" box="[546,634,1968,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD01665A466FFDE033A0FD9FF84F" box="[546,634,1968,1994]" pageId="3" pageNumber="54" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from the two other nominal species of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFBB033A0FB09F84F" box="[1138,1260,1968,1994]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">Smithophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having six or more scales (excluding supralabials) contacting the eye (versus
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFCB933C5FC00F86B" box="[891,997,2004,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">S. bicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665A466FFB8B33C5FB03F86B" box="[1097,1254,2004,2031]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="54">S. atemporalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and in having a colour pattern comprising parallel, narrow, pale and very dark lines along the upper part of the body and tail. The new species is further distinguished from
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FDF034ADFD34FF52" box="[562,721,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">S. atemporalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having (versus lacking) temporals. In terms of genetic divergence,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF2734F1FE5CFF7E" box="[229,441,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FE7D34F1FDF2FF7E" bold="true" box="[447,535,225,251]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD01665D4668FE7D34F1FDF2FF7E" box="[447,535,225,251]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FD6434F1FCF5FF7E" box="[678,784,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">S. bicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB665D4668FC8734F1FC01FF7E" authorityName="Giri, Gower, Das, Lalremsanga, Lalronunga, Captain &amp; Deepak" authorityYear="2019" box="[837,996,225,251]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atemporalis">
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FC8734F1FC01FF7E" box="[837,996,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">S. atemporalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by a p-distance of&gt;10% (
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FAC734F1FAD6FF7E" box="[1285,1331,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">cytb</emphasis>
gene).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="12ABFFE3665D4668FF053515FC75FE09" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF053515FEADFE9A" bold="true" box="[199,328,261,287]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species epithet is the Latin adjective
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FCF13515FC6CFE9A" box="[819,905,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(-
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FC673516FC54FE9A" box="[933,945,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">e</emphasis>
), meaning “with lines”, in reference to the narrow pale and dark lines along the upper part of the body.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF05355CFDE2FEE2" bold="true" box="[199,519,332,359]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Suggested common names.</emphasis>
Jingpo mountain stream snake (English), Lined smithophis (English); Jingpo Gebirgsbachnatter (German).
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FE07357FFDD0FE03" bold="true" box="[453,565,367,390]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">KỠḿẘ</emphasis>
(Xiàn Wén Xī Shé) (Chinese).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF053584FE3BFE2A" bold="true" box="[199,478,404,431]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
Description of
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</emphasis>
. Good condition. Body subcylindrical. Head short (3.3 % of SVL), barely wider than the thick anterior end of body, slightly distinct from neck; flattened anterior to eyes, dorsally covered with large scales; snout long, 31.1% of HL, 3.2 times longer than diameter of eye; snout blunt, subrectangular in dorsal view; nostrils anterolateral, crescentic and very narrow, almost reduced to a slit, strongly oblique, piercing the middle of nasal; eye small, its diameter about 0.7 times distance between eye and lip, pupil subcircular; tail long and gradually tapering.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC68665D4668FF05367EFF2FFD2E" blockId="4.[151,1436,153,683]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF05367EFE8CFD02" box="[199,361,622,647]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Measurements</emphasis>
. SVL:
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; TaL:
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; TL:
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; ratio TaL/TL: 0.190; HL:
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; SnL:
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FF5533B9FEEAF847" bold="true" box="[151,271,1961,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FEDE33BAFE07F847" box="[284,482,1962,1986]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FE2833BAFDD9F847" bold="true" box="[490,572,1962,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD01665D4668FE2833BAFDD9F847" box="[490,572,1962,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype (KIZ 059110), TL: 609 mm.
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FC1A33B9FC0FF847" bold="true" box="[984,1002,1961,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">A</emphasis>
. Lateral,
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FB8C33BAFBBAF847" bold="true" box="[1102,1119,1962,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">B</emphasis>
. ventral and
<emphasis id="68C5707A665D4668FB2A33B9FB1FF847" bold="true" box="[1256,1274,1961,1986]" pageId="4" pageNumber="55">C</emphasis>
. dorsal view of body. Photographs by Mian HOU.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FF053489FE95FF36" box="[199,368,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Body scalation</emphasis>
. DSR: 171716, relatively large, imbricate scales, smooth throughout the body. Dorsal scale rows undergo a single, simple reduction anteriorly:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC68665C4669FF0C3515FEC7FE9A" blockId="5.[151,347,260,359]" box="[206,290,260,287]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3+4 (5)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC68665C4669FF553539FEBEFEC6" blockId="5.[151,347,260,359]" box="[151,347,297,323]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">19 ———–— 17</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC68665C4669FF0C355DFEC7FEE2" blockId="5.[151,347,260,359]" box="[206,290,332,359]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">3+4 (5)</paragraph>
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183
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(no preventrals); 59 SC, all paired; anal divided. (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FF5537E6FEE8FB8A" bold="true" box="[151,269,1014,1039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FED837E7FE3BFB8A" box="[282,478,1015,1039]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FE2737E7FDD3FB8A" bold="true" box="[485,566,1015,1039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD01665C4669FE2737E7FDD3FB8A" box="[485,566,1015,1039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, holotype (KIZ 059110), TL: 609 mm.
<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FC0837E6FC39FB8A" bold="true" box="[970,988,1014,1039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">A</emphasis>
. anals and
<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FB8D37E7FB85FB8A" bold="true" box="[1103,1120,1015,1039]" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">B</emphasis>
. subcaudals on ventral view of tail. Photographs by Mian HOU.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FF053070FE93FBFF" box="[199,374,1120,1146]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Rostral pentagonal, 1.5 times wider than high, visible from above; nasals large, distinctly directed forwards, subtriangular, much wider than high, obliquely divided by the long, narrow nostril and a short furrow below the nostril; internasal single, much broader than long, slightly tapering anteriorly; prefrontal single, much broader than long with anteromedial V-shaped projection, in contact with preocular and loreal on each side; frontal hexagonal with apex directed posteriorly, 1.5 times longer than prefrontal, 1.4 times wider than long; parietals long and wide, in contact for 1.1 times length of frontal; supraocular 1/1, small, about one quarter times as wide as frontal; loreal 1/1, subquadrangular, approximately 1.2 times higher than long, broadly in contact with internasal; preoculars 2/2; presubocular 1/1; suboculars 1/2; postsubocular 1/1; postocular 1/1; the second postsubocular largest of circumorbital scales after supraocular, subocular(s) smallest; supralabials 6/6; 1
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4
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higher than long, 6
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greatly elongate, much longer than 4
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and 5
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together; 1
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2
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in contact with nasal, 2
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3
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contact loreal, 4
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SL contacts (post)subocular(s); temporals 1+1 / 1+1, anterior one largest and elongate, in broad contact with 5
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6
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SL and anterior part of parietal; infralabials 7/7, first pair in midline contact behind small mental, 1
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4
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ILs in contact with anterior genials, only 4
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IL in contact with posterior genials, 4
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IL distinctly the largest; posterior genials slightly shorter than anterior genials, not in contact with each other along midline (
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).
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665C4669FF053256FEA7F9E5" box="[199,322,1606,1632]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="56">Coloration</emphasis>
. In life, upper dorsal surface dark greyish-brown with bronze tints; lowest five dorsal scale rows (especially lowest two) paler bronze-brown or greenish-yellowish-brown. Upper and lower edges of each upper dorsal scale dark brown, forming 10 narrow dark lines, extending back from shortly behind head. Dark lines slightly wider and darker, more continuous dorsally; lines somewhat more conspicuous posteriorly and onto tail, extending to tail tip. On body, scales of 1
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DSR bronze-brown with substantial patches of the same pale ochre-brown colour as venter; smaller pale ochre-brown patches also on 2
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DSR. Dorsal surface of tail mostly dark greyish-brown, as dorsum.
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Head background colour mostly pale bronze-brown as sides of body, darker greyish-brown on snout and most of frontal. Supralabials dark greyish-brown with yellowish-ochre towards lower margins (only anteriorly so on 6
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SL), and posteroventral margins of first four SLs. Infralabials brownish with paler yellowish-ochre posterior and (to a lesser degree) upper margins. Except for infralabials, underside of head mostly pale, though anterior genials brownish centrally, anteriorly and medially. Some irregular brownish speckling
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC68665F466AFF053489FC23FE9A" blockId="6.[151,1436,153,287]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Venter of body uniform pale ochre, with diffuse brown speckles forming zig-zag along the upper margin of ventral scales. Ventral surface of tail pale ochre to cream, with some brown speckling, more so posteriorly, concentrated along midline in irregular zig-zag pattern along contacts between subcaudal scales of each side. In preservative, colour and pattern similar though somewhat darker, especially on venter.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665F466AFF5530E7FEE9FA95" bold="true" box="[151,268,1271,1296]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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, holotype (KIZ 059110), TL: 609 mm.
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. Lateral,
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. front,
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. ventral, and
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. dorsal view of head. Photographs by Mian HOU.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665F466AFF053173FED4FAF9" box="[199,305,1379,1404]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">Dentition</emphasis>
. Counts on each side estimated from microCT volume reconstruction (
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): 13 maxillary teeth, 5
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or 6
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largest, slightly smaller anteriorly and posteriorly; 8 palatine teeth; 16 pterygoid teeth; 17 dentary teeth, smaller posteriorly.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665F466AFF0531DDFDEFFA6D" bold="true" box="[199,522,1485,1512]" pageId="6" pageNumber="57">
Variation among
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</emphasis>
. Some meristic and metric data presented in
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. The
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closely resemble the
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description except as noted here.
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.22.41 and
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.22.42 are in generally good condition, though both tend to dry quickly in air, and the former is slightly soft approximately three quarters of the distance between the snout tip and vent.
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.22.41 has two midventral incisions on the body,
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(starting
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behind the snout tip) and
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long (ending
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anterior to the vent), and one tail midventral incision
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long (starting shortly behind the vent).
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.22.42 also has two body midventral incisions,
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(starting
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behind the snout tip) and
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long (ending
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anterior to the vent), and one tail midventral incision
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long (starting shortly behind the vent).
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lacks the tip of the tail and is dehydrated in parts, particularly towards the end of the tail and as indicated by a middorsal longitudinal groove on the posterior end of the body and anterior of the tail. In addition, two tags are tied tightly around and forming narrow constrictions of the anterior of the body, the posterior ends of the lower jaws are broken, the specimen is notably faded in patches, and several head shields lack their outer surface or have major artefactual creases
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.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665E466BFF553205FEEAF9AB" bold="true" box="[151,271,1557,1582]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A665E466BFEDE3206FE07F9AB" box="[284,482,1558,1582]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="58">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
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, holotype (KIZ 059110), TL: 609 mm.
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. dorsal,
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. Lateral and
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. ventral view of skull. Photographs by Jing-song SHI.
</paragraph>
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DSR 1717
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both
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. Dorsal scale row reduction data not recorded for
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; both
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23 with a merging of rows 1+2 (left) or 2+3 (right) (
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1925.12.22.41), and by
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4 with a merging of rows 3+4 (left) or 2+3 (right) (
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1925.12.22.42).
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.22.41 and
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each have two preventrals (wide scales anterior to first ventral that do not contact first DSR on both sides)
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.
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Eye diameter of the
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is greater relative to the distance between the eye and lip than in the
<typeStatus id="850A12CA665E466BFAF13324FA7DF8CB" box="[1331,1432,1844,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="58" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, though as in the
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it is universally shorter than the eye-lip distance. In the
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the prefrontal is not entirely separate, being partially fused with the internasal on the right side of
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.22.41 and with the frontal on the left of
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.22.42. There is some variation in the circumorbital scalation. The three
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resemble the
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in having a relatively large supraocular (though this is closer to one third the width of the frontal in the
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), in having one scale anterior and one scale posterior to the eye that lie below the supraocular and above the midline horizontal diameter through the eye. In addition to these three upper circumorbital scales,
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.22.41 and
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.22.42 have 4/4 and
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has 3/3 other circumorbital scales. As in the
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, the postsubocular (or ventral postocular, depending on preferred terminology) is the second largest circumorbital scale after the supraocular.
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.22.42 is unique among the type specimens in having an additional, small scale (that does not contact the eye or the lip) lying between SL2, SL3, loreal and lower circumorbital scales
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FF5530AEFEE8FB52" bold="true" box="[151,269,1214,1239]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 6</emphasis>
. Map showing the type locality (red pentacle) and the known locality (red circle) of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FBA430AFFACFFB52" box="[1126,1322,1215,1239]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FAF330AFFA67FB52" bold="true" box="[1329,1410,1215,1239]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">
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in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China and Huton [now Hutung], Bhamo District, Kachin State, Myanmar.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FF5532C7FEEAF96A" bold="true" box="[151,271,1751,1776]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">FIGURE 7</emphasis>
. The type locality habitat of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FDFE32C7FCE7F96A" box="[572,770,1751,1775]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FCC832C7FCB9F96A" bold="true" box="[778,860,1751,1775]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166514664FCC832C7FCB9F96A" box="[778,860,1751,1775]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in the vicinity of Tongbiguan National Nature Reserve, Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China.
<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FD3632EBFCE3F891" bold="true" box="[756,774,1787,1812]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">A</emphasis>
. hilly evergreen forest.
<emphasis id="68C5707A66514664FC3A32EBFBECF896" bold="true" box="[1016,1033,1787,1811]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">B</emphasis>
. Stream where the holotype was found. Photographs by Mian Hou (A) and Yin-lei DU (B).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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All
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differ from the
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in the dimensions of the SLs, in that not all of SLs 14 are taller than long. In
<specimenCode id="0A17041366514664FF75339AFE94F821" box="[183,369,1929,1956]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.41 only SL 13 are taller than long, in
<specimenCode id="0A17041366514664FC91339AFBE9F821" box="[851,1036,1929,1956]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.42 only SL1, and in
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only SL 1 and 3. The two
<collectionCode id="3CA034AD66514664FE7B33BEFDE8F84D" box="[441,525,1966,1992]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">BMNH</collectionCode>
<typeStatus id="850A12CA66514664FDD633BEFD9AF84D" box="[532,639,1966,1992]" pageId="8" pageNumber="59" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
have 5/5 (rather than 6/6) SLs, though all
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resemble the
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in that the posteriormost SL is distinctly the longest. SL3 does not contact the loreal in
<specimenCode id="0A17041366514664FB5B33C2FAB6F869" box="[1177,1363,2001,2028]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="8" pageNumber="59">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.42. Infralabials 7/
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<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FEA53489FDC4FF36" box="[359,545,152,179]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.42. Temporals 1+2/1+
<quantity id="9D49018D66504665FC863489FC8EFF36" box="[836,875,153,179]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FCB13489FC11FF36" box="[883,1012,153,179]" collectionCode="ZSIK" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">ZSIK 4194</specimenCode>
. The posterior genials contact IL5 (as well as
<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FF2D34ADFEFCFF52" box="[239,281,189,215]" collectionCode="IL" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">IL4</specimenCode>
) on the left of
<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FE0634ADFD9BFF52" box="[452,638,188,215]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.41 and right of
<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FC9434ADFBF4FF52" box="[854,1041,188,215]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.42. The anterior genials contact only IL13 (not 14) on the left of
<specimenCode id="0A17041366504665FDEB34F1FD01FF7E" box="[553,740,224,251]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
.22.42. The posterior genials are similar in size to the anterior genials in
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.22.41 and 42
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866504665FF55339DFB04F84F" blockId="9.[151,1436,1933,1994]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66504665FF55339DFEE8F823" bold="true" box="[151,269,1933,1958]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">FIGURE 8</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66504665FEDA339DFE39F820" box="[280,476,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66504665FE20339EFDD7F823" bold="true" box="[482,562,1934,1958]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166504665FE20339EFDD7F823" box="[482,562,1934,1958]" pageId="9" pageNumber="60" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype ZSIK 4194. Entire specimen in approximately dorsal view (above) and head in dorsal, ventral and right lateral (below, left to right) views. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photographs by V. Deepak.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866534666FF053489FDF6FE9A" blockId="10.[151,1437,152,287]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">
<materialsCitation id="EAD9A63566534666FF053489FBD4FF36" box="[199,1073,152,179]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" specimenCode="BMNH 1925.12" specimenCount="1">
From microCT scan volume reconstructions,the tooth counts in
<specimenCode id="0A17041366534666FCB93489FBD4FF36" box="[891,1073,152,179]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">BMNH 1925.12</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
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22.41 and
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</materialsCitation>
.
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22.42 are very similar for the maxilla (matching counts for the
<typeStatus id="850A12CA66534666FCE234ADFC61FF5D" box="[800,900,189,216]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) but variable for the dentary and especially the palate: 1213 and 13 maxillary, 8 and 11 palatine, 14 and 16 pterygoid, and 1415 and 17 dentary, respectively. Teeth not counted for
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</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866534666FF55339DFB5CF84F" blockId="10.[151,1436,1933,1994]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66534666FF55339DFEE8F823" bold="true" box="[151,269,1933,1958]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">FIGURE 9</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66534666FED8339DFE3BF820" box="[282,478,1933,1957]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66534666FE27339EFDD3F823" bold="true" box="[485,566,1934,1958]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166534666FE27339EFDD3F823" box="[485,566,1934,1958]" pageId="10" pageNumber="61" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype BMNH 1925.12.22.41. Entire specimen in dorsal view (above) and head in dorsal, ventral and left lateral (below, left to right) views. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photographs by V. Deepak.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866524667FF053489FD3FFE9A" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,287]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62">
<materialsCitation id="EAD9A63566524667FF053489FD77FE9A" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" specimenCode="BMNH 1925.12" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="paratype">
The colour is somewhat faded in all
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, though they all match the
<typeStatus id="850A12CA66524667FBC73489FB82FF36" box="[1029,1127,153,179]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
in being pale ventrally and more intensely pigmented dorsally than laterally and ventrolaterally, and in having the distinct, lined pattern on the lateral and especially upper surface. The darker pigment on the underside of the anterior of the head does not extend onto the posterior genials in
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.22.41.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866524667FF553381FB22F84B" blockId="11.[151,1437,1937,1998]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66524667FF553381FEFCF82F" bold="true" box="[151,281,1937,1962]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62">FIGURE 10</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66524667FEE73382FE0DF82F" box="[293,488,1938,1962]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="62">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66524667FE2D3382FDDAF82F" bold="true" box="[495,575,1938,1962]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166524667FE2D3382FDDAF82F" box="[495,575,1938,1962]" pageId="11" pageNumber="62" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, paratype BMNH 1925.12.22.42. Entire specimen in dorsal view (above) and head in dorsal, ventral and right lateral (below, left to right) views. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photographs by V. Deepak.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="12ABFFE366554660FF053489FAF9FDE6" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="5A0EAC6866554660FF053489FAF9FDE6" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,1224]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF053489FED1FF36" bold="true" box="[199,308,153,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Remarks</emphasis>
. In addition to the generic differences between
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC873489FC24FF36" box="[837,961,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Smithophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC353489FB75FF36" box="[1015,1168,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Opisthotropis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FB5F3489FAEBFF36" box="[1181,1294,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">S. linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FAD63489FA88FF36" bold="true" box="[1300,1389,153,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FAD63489FA88FF36" box="[1300,1389,153,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from all species of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE6134ADFDD9FF52" box="[419,572,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Opisthotropis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as summarised in Appendix 4. teynieì
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC3634AEFBC3FF52" box="[1012,1062,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">et al</emphasis>
. (2013) provide an identification key to the species of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE4634F1FDF8FF7E" box="[388,541,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Opisthotropis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, together with
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FD0534F1FC0DFF7E" box="[711,1000,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Parahelicops annamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(now
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FBF234F1FAEEFF7E" box="[1072,1291,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Hebius annamensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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Kizirian
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FA4A34F2FF48FE9A" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">et al</emphasis>
. 2018
</bibRefCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FEC93515FD83FE9A" box="[267,614,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Paratapinophis praemaxillaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and “
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FD683515FCA6FE9A" box="[682,835,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Opisthotropis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FC953515FC29FE9A" baseAuthorityName="Taylor &amp; Elbel" baseAuthorityYear="1958" box="[855,972,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Isanophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boonsongi">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC953515FC29FE9A" box="[855,972,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">boonsongi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(now
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FBD63515FB1BFE9A" box="[1044,1278,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Isanophis boonsongi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="3E20D19966554660FAD43515FF31FEC6" author="David, P. &amp; Pauwels, O. S. G. &amp; Nguyen, T. Q. &amp; Vogel, G." pageId="12" pageNumber="63" pagination="203 - 217" refId="ref8505" refString="David, P., Pauwels, O. S. G., Nguyen, T. Q. &amp; Vogel, G. (2015) On the taxonomic status of the Thai endemic freshwater snake Parahelicops boonsongi, with the erection of a new genus (Squamata: Natricidae). Zootaxa, 3948 (2), 203 - 217. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3948.2.3" type="journal article" year="2015">
David
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FAA63516FA70FE9A" box="[1380,1429,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
). using this key,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE533539FD8EFEC6" box="[401,619,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FDB13539FD28FEC6" bold="true" box="[627,717,297,323]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FDB13539FD28FEC6" box="[627,717,297,323]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
would key out as (most similar to)
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FBB03539FB1FFEC6" box="[1138,1274,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. maxwelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in couplet 14, though these two species differ clearly in colour pattern (lined in
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FCA7355DFC33FEE2" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[869,982,333,359]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FCA7355DFC33FEE2" box="[869,982,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">S. linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC19355DFBD1FEE2" bold="true" box="[987,1076,333,359]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FC19355DFBD1FEE2" box="[987,1076,333,359]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, uniform in
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FB7E355DFAA7FEE2" box="[1212,1346,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. maxwelli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and in number of ventrals (
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<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FE3F3561FD8BFE0E" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[509,622,369,395]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE3F3561FD8BFE0E" box="[509,622,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">S. linearis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
,
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<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FC9C3561FC01FE0E" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1914" box="[862,996,369,395]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Opisthotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maxwelli">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FC9C3561FC01FE0E" box="[862,996,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. maxwelli</emphasis>
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). Using Ren
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FBB53562FB4AFE0E" box="[1143,1199,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
s (2017) more recent key,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF0F3585FEDAFE2A" box="[205,319,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">S. linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE853585FE44FE2A" bold="true" box="[327,417,405,431]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FE853585FE44FE2A" box="[327,417,405,431]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
does not key out or would lead to
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FCEF3585FB73FE2A" box="[813,1174,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FCEF3585FC54FE2A" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1903" box="[813,945,405,431]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Opisthotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lateralis">O. lateralis</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FC7E3585FB73FE2A" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[956,1174,405,431]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">Smithophis linearis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FB5C3585FB1DFE2A" bold="true" box="[1182,1272,405,431]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FB5C3585FB1DFE2A" box="[1182,1272,405,431]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs clearly from
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FF1635A9FEB6FE56" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1903" box="[212,339,441,467]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Opisthotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lateralis">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF1635A9FEB6FE56" box="[212,339,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. lateralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a lined dorsal pattern and substantially fewer supralabials (6 vs. 9 or more). If Ziegler
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FA4A35AAFF51FE72" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">et al.</emphasis>
s (2017) updated description of
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FDE335CDFD35FE72" box="[545,720,477,503]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Opisthotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tamdaoensis">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FDE335CDFD35FE72" box="[545,720,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. tamdaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(anterior temporal scales 12 instead of only 2) is added to
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FAB335CEFF2AFD9E" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Ren et al.</emphasis>
s (2017) key,
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FEAF3611FE3BFD9E" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[365,478,513,539]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FEAF3611FE3BFD9E" box="[365,478,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">S. linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FE273611FDDBFD9E" bold="true" box="[485,574,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FE273611FDDBFD9E" box="[485,574,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
would key out as
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FCC53611FB7EFD9E" box="[775,1179,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FCC53611FC5CFD9E" box="[775,953,513,539]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Opisthotropis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tamdaoensis">O. tamdaoensis</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FC013611FB7EFD9E" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[963,1179,513,539]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">Smithophis linearis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FB603611FB1EFD9E" bold="true" box="[1186,1275,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FB603611FB1EFD9E" box="[1186,1275,513,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs clearly from
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF173635FE66FDBA" box="[213,387,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">O. tamdaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having more subcaudals (5964 vs. 4851), fewer temporals (1+1 vs. 12+24), fewer supralabials (6 vs. 9, rarely 8) and strongly lined colouration vs. uniformly dark with a black lateral stripe
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="12ABFFE366554661FF05367CFB5EFDBA" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="64" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF05367CFE84FD02" bold="true" box="[199,353,620,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9DB1D7EB66554660FEAB367DFDA1FD02" authority="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou, 2020" authorityName="Vogel &amp; Chen &amp; Deepak &amp; Gower &amp; Shi &amp; Ding &amp; Hou" authorityYear="2020" box="[361,580,621,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Smithophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="linearis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FEAB367DFDA1FD02" box="[361,580,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FD8E367DFD42FD02" bold="true" box="[588,679,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FD8E367DFD42FD02" box="[588,679,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is potentially distributed in an area with a radius of at least ca.
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, based on the three known localities. The type locality is a lower hilly region located in Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, in Southwest
<collectingRegion id="9875628A66554660FC7C36A5FB67FD4A" box="[958,1154,693,719]" country="China" name="Yunnan" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="22A6ECF866554660FB4D36A5FB30FD4A" box="[1167,1237,693,719]" name="China" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">China</collectingCountry>
, very close to the border with
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. The
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are from Jiucheng Town,
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,
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and Huton [now Hutung],
<collectingRegion id="9875628A66554660FE5236EDFDC6FC92" box="[400,547,765,791]" country="Myanmar" name="Kachin" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Kachin State</collectingRegion>
,
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.
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF053731FDB2FCBE" bold="true" box="[199,599,800,827]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Natural history and conservation</emphasis>
.
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The
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of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FCE63731FC1AFCBE" box="[804,1023,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="73F6CD0166554660FBC53731FB84FCBE" box="[1031,1121,801,827]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
was found in tropical evergreen forest at an elevation of about
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a.s.l.
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specimen was found at night on a rock along a small rocky stream.
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recorded that among his specimens from
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, one had consumed “what appeared to be a slug” and another an “arachnoid”
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The climate of the area of the
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locality is influenced by the
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Ocean monsoon with four seasons. Annual precipitation is approximately
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, annual average sunshine is 2,350 h, mean annual temperature is 1820 °C, with maximum temperature up to 36.8 °C (
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). The fauna of this region belongs to the western Gaoligong Mountain subregion in the region of the East Himalayan-Gaoligong Mountains. This region is characterized by species inhabiting the Brahmaputra and upper Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River basins. The western Gaoligong Mountain subregion is part of the upper Ayeyarwady River basin, the central-south range of the Gaoligong Mountains that was usually called “Kakhyen Hills” [= Kachin Hills] by western explorers in the 1800s (e.g.
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).
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Meristic and metric data for type specimens of
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KIZ specimen is the holotype; other three are paratypes. See Materials and Methods for explanation of abbreviations. HL(a) = head length measured as tip of snout to corner of mouth; HL(b) = tip of snout to posterior end of lower jaw (retroarticular process); * indicates measure or count incomplete because of damaged end of tail. Circumorbital scales exclude any supralabials contacting eye.
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF64325FFE93F9ED" box="[166,374,1615,1640]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">TaL</th>
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(a)
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<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC13267FDB8F915" box="[515,605,1655,1680]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">13.3</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FC153267FB8CF915" box="[983,1129,1655,1680]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">10.6</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FB033267FAB7F915" box="[1217,1362,1655,1680]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">10.1</td>
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66554660FF6432B0FF2EF93D" bold="true" box="[166,203,1696,1720]" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">HL</emphasis>
(b)
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<td id="A750C7566655B993FD2F32B0FCA2F93C" box="[749,839,1696,1721]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">13.7</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FC1532B0FB8CF93C" box="[983,1129,1696,1721]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">13.8</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FB0332B0FAB7F93C" box="[1217,1362,1696,1721]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">12</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF6432D9FE93F964" box="[166,374,1737,1761]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">VEN</th>
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<td id="A750C7566655B993FC1532D9FB8CF964" box="[983,1129,1737,1761]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">188</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF6432E0FE93F88C" box="[166,374,1776,1801]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">DSRs</th>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC132E0FDB8F88C" box="[515,605,1776,1801]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">17:17:16</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FD2F32E0FCA2F88C" box="[749,839,1776,1801]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">17:17:16</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF643308FE93F8B4" box="[166,374,1816,1841]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">SC</th>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC13308FDB8F8B4" box="[515,605,1816,1841]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">59/59</td>
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<td id="A750C7566655B993FC153308FB8CF8B4" box="[983,1129,1816,1841]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">62/-</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF643351FE93F8DF" box="[166,374,1857,1882]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">SL</th>
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<td id="A750C7566655B993FB033351FAB7F8DF" box="[1217,1362,1857,1882]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">5/5</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF643379FE93F807" box="[166,374,1897,1922]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">IL</th>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC13379FDB8F807" box="[515,605,1897,1922]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">7/7</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FD2F3379FCA2F807" box="[749,839,1897,1922]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">7/7</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FC153379FB8CF807" box="[983,1129,1897,1922]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">7/7</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FB033379FAB7F807" box="[1217,1362,1897,1922]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">7/6</td>
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<tr id="E481AE2A6655B993FF643381FAB7F82F" box="[166,1362,1937,1962]" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">
<th id="A750C7566655B993FF643381FE93F82F" box="[166,374,1937,1962]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Circumorbital scales</th>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC13381FDB8F82F" box="[515,605,1937,1962]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">6/7</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FD2F3381FCA2F82F" box="[749,839,1937,1962]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">6/6</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FC153381FB8CF82F" box="[983,1129,1937,1962]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">6/6</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FB033381FAB7F82F" box="[1217,1362,1937,1962]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">7/7</td>
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<th id="A750C7566655B993FF6433A9FE93F857" box="[166,374,1977,2002]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">Temporal scales</th>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FDC133A9FDB8F857" box="[515,605,1977,2002]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">1+1/1+1</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FD2F33A9FCA2F857" box="[749,839,1977,2002]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">1+2/1+2</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FC1533A9FB8CF857" box="[983,1129,1977,2002]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">1+1/1+1</td>
<td id="A750C7566655B993FB0333A9FAB7F857" box="[1217,1362,1977,2002]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="12" pageNumber="63">1+1/1+1</td>
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More than 103 species of mammals, 383 species of birds and 98 species of amphibians and reptiles have been recorded from this area (
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). Characteristic reptiles include
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FA8534F1FEEFFE9A" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Calotes mystaceus</emphasis>
Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1837
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,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FDEC3515FD7BFE9A" box="[558,670,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">C. jerdoni</emphasis>
Günther, 1870
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,
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lura
<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FC7A3516FBC6FE9A" box="[952,1059,262,287]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">variegata</emphasis>
Gray, 1853,
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(Anderson, 1879)
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,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FE11353AFCA8FEC6" box="[467,845,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Varanus bengalensis irrawadicus</emphasis>
Yang &amp; Li, 1987
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,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FBE83539FAFAFEC6" box="[1066,1311,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Atretium yunnanensis</emphasis>
Anderson, 1879
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,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FF1F355DFE1BFEE2" box="[221,510,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Dendrelaphis subocularis</emphasis>
(
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FD1C355DFC4CFEE2" box="[734,937,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Lycodon fasciatus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FB69355DFA79FEE2" box="[1195,1436,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Oligodon albocinctus</emphasis>
(Cantor, 1839)
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.
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The Tongbiguan Nature Reserve (23°54-
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, 97°31-
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:
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) lies close to the known distribution of
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FD4535A9FCBAFE56" box="[647,863,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">Smithophis linearis</emphasis>
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so the new species potentially extends into this protected area. However,
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<emphasis id="68C5707A66544661FDAB35CDFD5AFE72" bold="true" box="[617,703,477,503]" pageId="13" pageNumber="64">sp. nov</emphasis>
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has not been recorded in two of its localities for 95151 years, so confirming its presence in these sites and obtaining better data on distribution and possible threats will likely be required to formulate an IUCN Red List conservation assessment of other than Data Deficient.
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