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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF509408FE63FEC8" box="[151,387,342,366]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FE4D9409FE0DFEC8" box="[394,493,343,366]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
—nomen substitutum
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F58FB0A1141F2622FF5094C3FD11FCB8" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF5094C3FD11FCB8" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF5094C3FE5CFE11" bold="true" box="[151,444,413,439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Nomenclatural remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
As the Western Ghats population of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FC9394C3FBE0FE10" box="[852,1024,412,439]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="pulverulenta">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC9394C3FBE0FE10" box="[852,1024,412,439]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FBC194C3FB95FE10" box="[1030,1141,412,439]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
is diagnosed to be distinct at species rank from the
|
||
<collectingRegion id="7F512DC8141F2622FE7B949EFE3DFE7C" box="[444,477,448,474]" country="United Kingdom" name="Surrey" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Sri</collectingRegion>
|
||
Lankan population, the available subspecific nomen
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB8C949EFE94FE59" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="pulverulenta" subSpecies="indica">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB8C949EFA7CFE7C" box="[1099,1436,448,474]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Dryophis pulverulenta indica</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FF5094BAFE94FE59" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[151,372,484,511]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref31605" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia. Colombo. 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
listed as a subjective synonym, should be conferred on it. However, in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB1694BAFA7DFE58" baseAuthorityName="Boie" baseAuthorityYear="1827" box="[1233,1437,484,510]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prasina">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB1694BAFA7DFE58" box="[1233,1437,484,510]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla prasina</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group, there is an available subspecific nomen
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FD6C9756FBBBFD85" authority="Mell, 1931" authorityName="Mell" authorityYear="1931" box="[683,1115,520,547]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="prasinus" subSpecies="indicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD6C9756FC35FD84" box="[683,981,520,546]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Dryophis prasinus indicus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FC1B9756FBBBFD85" author="Mell, R." box="[988,1115,520,547]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="119 - 219" refId="ref33063" refString="Mell, R. (1931) List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Science Journal, Canton (1929) 8, 119 - 219." type="journal article" year="1931">Mell, 1931</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. These nomina are available names and represent taxa that are currently considered congeneric (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FC569772FB93FDE1" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[913,1139,556,583]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref35224" refString="Wallach, V., Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J. (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1237 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / b 16901" type="book" year="2014">
|
||
Wallach
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC319773FBC8FDE0" box="[1014,1064,556,582]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Thus,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB0A9772FE1FFDCD" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="pulverulenta" subSpecies="indica">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB0A9772FEFCFDCC" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Dryophis pulverulenta indica</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FEE3970EFE1FFDCD" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[292,511,592,619]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref31605" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia. Colombo. 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
becomes a primary junior homonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FC01970EFA93FDCD" authority="Mell, 1931" authorityName="Mell" authorityYear="1931" box="[966,1395,592,619]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="prasinus" subSpecies="indicus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC01970EFB0EFDCC" box="[966,1262,592,618]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Dryophis prasinus indicus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FB32970EFA93FDCD" author="Mell, R." box="[1269,1395,592,619]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="119 - 219" refId="ref33063" refString="Mell, R. (1931) List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Science Journal, Canton (1929) 8, 119 - 219." type="journal article" year="1931">Mell, 1931</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. As
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FF50972AFE72FD29" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[151,402,628,655]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref31605" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia. Colombo. 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala’s (1955)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
nomen is junior to
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FDB6972AFCEBFD29" author="Mell, R." box="[625,779,628,655]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="119 - 219" refId="ref33063" refString="Mell, R. (1931) List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Science Journal, Canton (1929) 8, 119 - 219." type="journal article" year="1931">Mell’s (1931)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
nomen and is thus permanently invalid, and as both these nomina were originally erected at the same taxonomic rank (as subspecific nomina), we consider these nomina as congeneric. As no other subjective synonym is available for the preoccupied nomen (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FB4197E2FA86FD71" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[1158,1382,700,727]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref35224" refString="Wallach, V., Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J. (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1237 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / b 16901" type="book" year="2014">
|
||
Wallach
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB2E97E3FAC2FD70" box="[1257,1314,700,726]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), according to Art. 57.2, 59.1 and 60.3 of the Code, we herein erect a new replacement name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB5197BEFA7CFD5C" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[1174,1436,736,762]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB5197BEFA7CFD5C" box="[1174,1436,736,762]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF50965BFEEBFCB9" bold="true" box="[151,267,773,799]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FF50965BFEEBFCB9" box="[151,267,773,799]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
to resolve this case of primary homonymy.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F58FB0A1141F2622FF009677FE45FA6C" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF009677FE3DFB98" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF009677FDA8FCE4" bold="true" box="[199,584,808,835]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Type material and type locality.</emphasis>
|
||
As per Recommendation 60A of the Code, the new objective replacement nomen
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FF2C9612FE10FCC0" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[235,496,844,870]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF2C9612FE10FCC0" box="[235,496,844,870]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FE309613FD8CFCC1" bold="true" box="[503,620,845,871]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FE309613FD8CFCC1" box="[503,620,845,871]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
takes the same type material and type locality as that of the preoccupied nomen
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FF2C962EFCFCFC2D" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" box="[235,796,880,907]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="pulverulenta" subSpecies="indica">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF2C962EFDD6FC2C" box="[235,566,880,906]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Dryophis pulverulenta indica</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FDFA962EFCFCFC2D" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[573,796,880,907]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref31605" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia. Colombo. 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Since no type specimen information has been given and the type locality is implied as
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FE3796CAFDCAFC08" box="[496,554,916,942]" name="India" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FDFD96CAFD3CFC09" author="De Silva, P. H. D. H." box="[570,732,916,943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="431 - 546" refId="ref31571" refString="De Silva, P. H. D. H. 1969. Taxonomic studies on Ceylon snakes of the family Colubridae. Spolia Zeylanica, 31 (2), 431 - 546" type="journal article" year="1969">de Silva 1969</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), here we designate a
|
||
<typeStatus id="622E5D88141F2622FC1E96CBFBD2FC09" box="[985,1074,917,943]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and neoparatypes from the collections of
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FED296E7FE80FC75" box="[277,352,953,979]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
from Peninsular
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FDE396E6FD81FC74" box="[548,609,952,978]" name="India" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
. As per Art. 75.3 of the Code (
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FC7A96E7FBE0FC75" box="[957,1024,953,979]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">ICZN</collectionCode>
|
||
1999), since we clarify the status of this available nomen and since its name-bearing types are lost (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FC9C9682FBDAFC51" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[859,1082,988,1015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref35224" refString="Wallach, V., Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J. (2014) Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 1237 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / b 16901" type="book" year="2014">
|
||
Wallach
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC789683FC17FC50" box="[959,1015,988,1014]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), we designate a
|
||
<typeStatus id="622E5D88141F2622FB3E9683FAB2FC51" box="[1273,1362,989,1015]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
|
||
that is consistent with the original description (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FD9A915EFCD4FBBD" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[605,820,1024,1051]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref31605" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia. Colombo. 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and is in morphological and geographical conformity with the original publication.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF009117FB81FBC4" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,1121,1096,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="0DFDE977141F2622FF009117FB81FBC4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3043280323" box="[199,1121,1096,1123]" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="Coll. Gerhardt P." location="Karnataka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCode="BNHS 2015" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Karnataka" typeStatus="neotype">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF009117FED0FBC5" bold="true" box="[199,304,1097,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<typeStatus id="622E5D88141F2622FF009117FECBFBC5" box="[199,299,1097,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="neotype">Neotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<specimenCode id="ED334B51141F2622FEF09117FE24FBC5" box="[311,452,1096,1123]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS 2015</specimenCode>
|
||
; Castle Rock,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="7F512DC8141F2622FDA19116FD3DFBC4" box="[614,733,1096,1122]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="106086FC141F2622FD2F9116FC46FBC5" box="[744,934,1096,1123]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD2F9116FCFFFBC4" box="[744,799,1096,1122]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
Gerhardt P.
|
||
</collectorName>
|
||
, Year Unknown.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF009133FBC4FB21" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,1060,1132,1159]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF009133FE93FB21" bold="true" box="[199,371,1133,1159]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Neoparatypes.</emphasis>
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FEBD9133FE25FB21" box="[378,453,1133,1159]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
2012; Nelliyampathy hills;
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD389132FCD7FB20" box="[767,823,1132,1158]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
Kinloch A. M, 1911.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF0091CFFCB5FB0D" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,853,1168,1195]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FF0091CFFEF2FB0D" box="[199,274,1169,1195]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
2016; Karwar,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="7F512DC8141F2622FE0791CEFDD7FB0C" box="[448,567,1168,1194]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
|
||
;
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD8591CEFD9AFB0C" box="[578,634,1168,1194]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
McMann C., 1940.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF0091EAFA6DFB69" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,1421,1204,1231]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<materialsCitation id="0DFDE977141F2622FF0091EAFAA2FB68" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3043280302" box="[199,1346,1204,1231]" collectionCode="CESS" collectorName="Coll. Ashok Kumar Mallik" location="Kudremukh National Park" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="159" specimenCount-adult="159" stateProvince="Karnataka">
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FF0091EAFEEBFB69" box="[199,267,1204,1231]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">CESS</collectionCode>
|
||
<specimenCount id="AB9328A3141F2622FECC91EAFE93FB68" box="[267,371,1204,1231]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="adult">159 adult</specimenCount>
|
||
female Bhagavathi,
|
||
<location id="B84AB5F1141F2622FD9C91EAFC65FB68" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:353C523C141F2623FF5095C9FE62F8D7:B84AB5F1141F2622FD9C91EAFC65FB68" box="[603,901,1204,1230]" name="Kudremukh National Park" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" stateProvince="Karnataka">Kudremukh National Park</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="7F512DC8141F2622FC5791EAFBE6FB68" box="[912,1030,1204,1230]" country="India" name="Karnataka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Karnataka</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="106086FC141F2622FBD691EAFAA2FB68" box="[1041,1346,1204,1231]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FBD691EAFBA9FB68" box="[1041,1097,1204,1230]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
Ashok Kumar Mallik
|
||
</collectorName>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
, 2010.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF009186FCFFFAB0" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF009186FE3BFB54" bold="true" box="[199,475,1240,1266]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Comparative material.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FE219186FD0CFB54" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[486,748,1240,1266]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulverulenta">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FE219186FD0CFB54" box="[486,748,1240,1266]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla pulverulenta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FD389187FC7BFB55" box="[767,923,1241,1267]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">SRI LANKA</collectingCountry>
|
||
:
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FC6D9187FC15FB55" box="[938,1013,1241,1267]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
2009; adult (sex unknown); Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka);
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FE6991A2FE05FAB0" box="[430,485,1276,1302]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
E.E. Green, Year unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF00907FFEE7FAF8" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FF00907FFEF2FA9D" box="[199,274,1313,1339]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
2010; adult (sex unknown); Matugama,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FD2F907EFCD9FA9C" box="[744,825,1312,1338]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
|
||
(present day
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FC10907EFBACFA9D" box="[983,1100,1312,1339]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FBA5907EFB79FA9C" box="[1122,1177,1312,1338]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
Col. Frank Wall, Year unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF009037FA81FA24" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,1377,1384,1411]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<collectionCode id="DB847BEF141F2622FF009037FEF2FA25" box="[199,274,1385,1411]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
2011; adult (sex unknown);
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FD939036FD45FA24" box="[596,677,1384,1410]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
|
||
(present day
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FCFB9036FC4FFA25" box="[828,943,1384,1411]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
);
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC059036FC19FA24" box="[962,1017,1384,1410]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Coll.</emphasis>
|
||
W.W.A Phillip., Year unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF0090D3FE45FA6C" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF0090D3FCEFFA00" bold="true" box="[199,783,1420,1447]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
Type locality (by virtue of
|
||
<typeStatus id="622E5D88141F2622FDC890D3FD8CFA01" box="[527,620,1421,1447]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
|
||
designation).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="0DFDE977141F2622FCDE90D2FE41FA6C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3043280317" country="India" latitude="15.393" location="Northern Western Ghats" longLatPrecision="76" longitude="74.332" municipality="Peninsular" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" specimenCount="1">
|
||
Castle Rock (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="D8A185ED141F2622FC7290D2FBC4FA01" box="[949,1060,1420,1447]" degrees="15.393" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="55" value="15.393">15.393 N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="D8A185ED141F2622FBF590D3FB7CFA01" box="[1074,1180,1421,1447]" degrees="74.332" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" precision="55" value="74.332">74.332 E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
), in
|
||
<location id="B84AB5F1141F2622FB1490D2FF3BFA6C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:353C523C141F2623FF5095C9FE62F8D7:B84AB5F1141F2622FB1490D2FF3BFA6C" country="India" latitude="15.393" longLatPrecision="76" longitude="74.332" municipality="Peninsular" name="Northern Western Ghats" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Northern Western Ghats</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="5D4E7950141F2622FF2090EEFEBDFA6C" box="[231,349,1456,1482]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Peninsular</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141F2622FEA390EEFE41FA6C" box="[356,417,1456,1482]" name="India" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F58FB0A1141F2622FF00908BFB09FA48" box="[199,1257,1492,1519]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF00908BFB09FA48" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,1257,1492,1519]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF00908BFEAEFA49" bold="true" box="[199,334,1493,1519]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Latin, toponym, alluding to its distribution in the Western Ghats or Sahyadri hills.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F58FB0A1141F2623FF0090A6FD55FD9B" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF0090A6FEA2F9B4" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" box="[199,322,1528,1554]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF0090A6FEA2F9B4" bold="true" box="[199,322,1528,1554]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF509343FEAFF9D8" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
1. Phylogenetically,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FE569342FD77F990" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[401,663,1564,1590]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FE569342FD77F990" box="[401,663,1564,1590]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD589343FCF4F991" bold="true" box="[671,788,1565,1591]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FD589343FCF4F991" box="[671,788,1565,1591]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(L7) is nested with the clade comprising
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB299343FA7DF990" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[1262,1437,1564,1591]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulverulenta">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FB299343FA7DF990" box="[1262,1437,1564,1591]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(L8),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FF11931FFE97F9FC" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" baseAuthorityName="Bell" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[214,375,1600,1627]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oxyrhyncha" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF11931FFE97F9FC" box="[214,375,1600,1627]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. oxyrhyncha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FEBA931FFE1DF9FD" bold="true" box="[381,509,1601,1627]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FEBA931FFE1DF9FD" box="[381,509,1601,1627]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
(L1) and
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FDAC931FFD13F9FC" box="[619,755,1600,1627]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FDAC931FFD0FF9FC" baseAuthorityName="Annandale" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[619,751,1600,1627]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">A. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
It is sister to the clade comprising
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FBB2931FFAF6F9FC" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" baseAuthorityName="Bell" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[1141,1302,1600,1627]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oxyrhyncha" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FBB2931FFAF6F9FC" box="[1141,1302,1600,1627]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. oxyrhyncha</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FADB931FFA7CF9FD" bold="true" box="[1308,1436,1601,1627]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FADB931FFA7CF9FD" box="[1308,1436,1601,1627]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF00933BFEAFF9D8" box="[199,335,1636,1663]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FF00933BFEACF9D8" baseAuthorityName="Annandale" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[199,332,1636,1663]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">A. anomala</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2622FF5093D7FDB5F8DD" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
2. There is a low level (3.2 % in Cytb & 0.4 % in 16S) of genetic divergence between
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FBB693D7FAC1F904" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[1137,1313,1672,1699]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FBB693D7FAC1F904" box="[1137,1313,1672,1699]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FAEF93D7FA7CF905" bold="true" box="[1320,1436,1673,1699]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FAEF93D7FA7CF905" box="[1320,1436,1673,1699]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and members (CESS211, CESS244, CESS506, CESS521 & CESS528) of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FC0993F2FAAEF961" authority="(Bell, 1825)" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" baseAuthorityName="Bell" baseAuthorityYear="1825" box="[974,1358,1708,1735]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oxyrhyncha" status="comb. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC0993F2FB22F960" box="[974,1218,1708,1734]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141F2622FB1793F2FAA6F961" author="Bell, T." box="[1232,1350,1708,1735]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="328" refId="ref30641" refString="Bell, T. (1825) On Leptophina, a group of serpents comprising the Genus Drynus of Merrem, and a newly formed Genus proposed to be named Leptophis. The Zoological Journal, 2, 328. London." type="journal article" year="1825">Bell, 1825</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FA9393F3FF28F94D" bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FA9393F3FF28F94D" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FF17938EFE46F94C" baseAuthorityName="Annandale" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[208,422,1744,1770]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FF17938EFE46F94C" box="[208,422,1744,1770]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla anomala</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FDB7938FFCC1F94C" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[624,801,1744,1771]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FDB7938FFCC1F94C" box="[624,801,1744,1771]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FCEF938FFC7DF94D" bold="true" box="[808,925,1745,1771]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FCEF938FFC7DF94D" box="[808,925,1745,1771]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
with a low (3.2 % in Cytb and 0.8 % in 16S) level of genetic distance. In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FD8493ABFD14F8A8" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[579,756,1780,1807]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD8493ABFD14F8A8" box="[579,756,1780,1807]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD3B93ABFC91F8A9" bold="true" box="[764,881,1781,1807]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FD3B93ABFC91F8A9" box="[764,881,1781,1807]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
shows a moderate level (4.52 % in Cytb and 1.7 % in 16S) of genetic divergence from
|
||
<collectingRegion id="7F512DC8141F2622FD879246FD81F894" box="[576,609,1816,1842]" country="United Kingdom" name="Surrey" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Sri</collectingRegion>
|
||
Lankan
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FD059247FC8FF894" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[706,879,1816,1843]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulverulenta">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD059247FC8FF894" box="[706,879,1816,1843]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Also,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FC7A9247FB8DF894" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[957,1133,1816,1843]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FC7A9247FB8DF894" box="[957,1133,1816,1843]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. sahyadrensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FBB39247FB07F895" bold="true" box="[1140,1255,1817,1843]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141F2622FBB39247FB07F895" box="[1140,1255,1817,1843]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
differs from the superficially similar, brown coloured
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FDFB9263FD2BF8F0" box="[572,715,1852,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudankia">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FDFB9263FD2BF8F0" box="[572,715,1852,1879]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. laudankia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as the latter belongs to a separate clade that clusters with Southeast Asian rather than South Asian taxa.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141F2623FF5092DBFA87FE77" blockId="24.[151,1437,412,2023]" lastBlockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="26" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
|
||
3. This is a species of usually grey-brown coloured
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FD3492DAFC80F838" authorityName="Link" authorityYear="1807" box="[755,864,1924,1950]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FD3492DAFC80F838" box="[755,864,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Ahaetulla</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
having an elongate multi-scaled rostral appendage and a rhomboid crown marking (vs. rostral scale not multi-scaled in all other sympatric
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141F2622FB4792F6FB0DF864" authorityName="Link" authorityYear="1807" box="[1152,1261,1960,1986]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
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spp.; except
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FA4392F7FF19F840" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. anomala</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141F2622FEF39293FE03F840" box="[308,483,1996,2023]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
); lacking white or yellow ventrolateral stripe (vs. present in all regional congeners except
|
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|
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,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
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); 7 pre-diastemal and 6 post-diastemal maxillary teeth (vs. 7 and
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, 6 and
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FE8995E5FE0EFF73" box="[334,494,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. malabarica</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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, vs. 6 and
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FCCD95E5FC4CFF73" box="[778,940,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. farnsworthi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FC7495E5FBEDFF73" bold="true" box="[947,1037,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FC7495E5FBEDFF73" box="[947,1037,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
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, vs. 6 and
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<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141E2623FB7D95E5FAD4FF73" authority="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh, 2020" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[1210,1332,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="borealis" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FB7D95E5FAD4FF73" box="[1210,1332,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. borealis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FAFC95E5FA75FF73" bold="true" box="[1339,1429,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FAFC95E5FA75FF73" box="[1339,1429,187,213]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
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, vs. 7 and
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FEF69581FE32FF5F" box="[305,466,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. oxyrhyncha</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FE1F9581FDB8FF5F" bold="true" box="[472,600,223,249]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FE1F9581FDB8FF5F" box="[472,600,223,249]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
& 8 and
|
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<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141E2623FD299581FC7BFF5F" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[750,923,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulverulenta">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FD299581FC7BFF5F" box="[750,923,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141E2623FC199581FBAEFF5F" box="[990,1102,223,249]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
, dissected from BNHS 2010); differs from the northern Indian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141E2623FDC5945DFD71FEBB" box="[514,657,259,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudankia">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FDC5945DFD71FEBB" box="[514,657,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. laudankia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having much lower ventral scale counts (vs. never less than
|
||
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|
||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141E2623FF509479FEC5FEE7" box="[151,293,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudankia">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF509479FEC5FEE7" box="[151,293,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. laudankia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), higher subcaudal scale counts (vs. never more than
|
||
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FC069479FBAFFEE7" box="[961,1103,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. laudankia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); differs from
|
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FB369479FA7DFEE7" box="[1265,1437,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FF509415FF31FEC3" box="[151,209,331,357]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
(of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="C582A3BA141E2623FF399415FE8CFEC0" box="[254,364,331,358]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
) in ventral scale counts 182–203 [
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|
||
our study] (vs. 179–193 [
|
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|
||
BNHS specimens] in
|
||
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF399431FE4AFE2F" box="[254,426,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FE779431FE0BFE2F" box="[432,491,367,393]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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) and subcaudal scale counts 169–208 [
|
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||
our study] (vs. 151–178 [
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|
||
BNHS specimens] in
|
||
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</taxonomicName>
|
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FDA594CDFD41FE0B" box="[610,673,403,429]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
). The Sri Lankan
|
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FCA994CDFBFCFE0B" box="[878,1052,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
specimens from BNHS also have 10–11 scale rows near the vent whereas
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FD9D94E9FCEAFE77" box="[602,778,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. sahyadrensis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has 12–13 rows near the vent (
|
||
<figureCitation id="25AEFFAF141E2623FBAF94E9FB57FE77" box="[1128,1207,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="22.[151,250,1943,1967]" captionTargetBox="[165,1423,193,1920]" captionTargetId="figure-19@22.[165,1423,181,1920]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 11. Images of Ahaetulla sahyadrensis nom. nov. Images of BNHS2015. (a) Head dorsal. (b) Head lateral. (c) Section of body and ventrals. (d–f) Everted Hemipenis. (g) Full specimen. Images of live, uncollected individuals, (h) Near Jog falls, Karnataka, (i) from Agumbe, (j) Kudhremukh, (k) from Agumbe (Images a & b; d, e & f to scale, other images not to scale)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4423545" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4423545/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
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&
|
||
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,
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||
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF509485FD55FD9B" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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4. Being distributed in the Western Ghats, it is separated by a geographic barrier from
|
||
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||
Lankan
|
||
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FB379485FA7DFE53" box="[1264,1437,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and is also separated from the lowland species
|
||
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FD6A94A1FC44FDBF" box="[685,932,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha</emphasis>
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(
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)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FBFB94A1FB5EFDBF" bold="true" box="[1084,1214,511,537]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FBFB94A1FB5EFDBF" box="[1084,1214,511,537]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
and
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by occupying a range in the wet hill-forest habitats.
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF009718FE3BFDC7" bold="true" box="[199,475,582,609]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Description of
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.
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</emphasis>
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Adult of total length
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; dissected; very slender, partially laterally compressed body with snout to vent length
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; tail length
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; ventrals 179 notched with keels; subcaudals 162 divid-ed; cloacal scale divided; relatively long and slender tail; dorsal scale rows in 15-15-11 rows of smooth, obliquely disposed scales; head very distinct from neck with head length
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; transversely oval eyes with horizontal pupil, with a horizontal diameter of
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and vertical diameter of
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; distance from nostril to eye
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; distance from snout tip to eye
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; supralabials 8 (both left and right) with 5
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supralabial being the largest, in contact with the eye; 4
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supralabial divided; infralabials 7 (both left and right); 2
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<superScript id="4AE04E62141E2623FBDB9640FBCCFC8A" attach="none" box="[1052,1068,798,812]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">nd</superScript>
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, 3
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and 4
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infralabials in contact with the anterior genials; 4
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and 5
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<superScript id="4AE04E62141E2623FDDA961CFDCAFCF6" attach="left" box="[541,554,834,848]" fontSize="6" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">th</superScript>
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infralabials in contact with the posterior genials; nasal 1 (both left and right); loreals absent; pre-subocular 2 (both left and right); pre-ocular 1 (both left and right); post-oculars 2; sub-oculars absent; temporal 3+3+1 (both left and right); prefrontal scale in contact with pre-oculars; preventrals 2; rostral appendage comprised of numerous smaller scales.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF00968CFD89FC4B" bold="true" box="[199,617,978,1005]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Variations shown by neoparatypes.</emphasis>
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Ventrals 186–202, subcaudals 175–208, scale rows near the head 13–15, mid body 14–15 and near the vent 11–12.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF009144FC94FB04" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF009144FE8DFB92" bold="true" box="[199,365,1050,1076]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Colour in life.</emphasis>
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Dorsum with uniform light brown body with dark brown anteriorly-converging bars from nape till midbody; head with characteristic dark brown rhomboid markings, rostral appendage and eye stripe from the nostril to the nape dark brown; supralabials, infralabials and mentum white with brown spots of variable sizes; venter light brown, finely dotted with dark brown spots (
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h–k).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF0091F4FD3BFA97" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF0091F4FE01FB62" bold="true" box="[199,481,1194,1220]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Colour in preservative.</emphasis>
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Dorsum uniform light greyish brown body with anteriorly-converging brown bars from nape till midbody; head with dark brown rhomboid markings, rostral appendage and eye stripe from nostril to the nape brown; supralabials, infralabials and mentum white with faded brown spots of variable sizes; venter light brown, finely dotted with brown spots (
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a–g).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF009064FE47F988" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF009064FE21FAF2" bold="true" box="[199,449,1338,1364]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Hemipenis (everted).</emphasis>
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Organ very short (
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long) and stout (
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wide); extending upto 2 subcaudal scales; unilobed, lobe head wide (
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), pedicel not quite narrow (pedicel length
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||
<quantity id="7A6D4ECF141E2623FBFB9001FB76FADF" box="[1084,1174,1375,1401]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="mm" value="3.4">3.4 mm</quantity>
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), barely visible through the flounces; organ beset with large spiny flounces fairly densely throughout; length of largest spine
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<quantity id="7A6D4ECF141E2623FB3490DDFAACFA3B" box="[1267,1356,1411,1437]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" unit="mm" value="0.9">0.9 mm</quantity>
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; spines largely erect and short while a few including some on proximal, distal and dorsal part of the organ curved and elongate; in asulcate view, spiny flounces cover the entire length of the pedicel, no plain smooth patch visible; in sulcate, view a mild patch of plain aspinose part visible, sulcus spermaticus mildly visible, like a groove, centripetal, turning to the right (
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d–f).
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||
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF009368FA80F918" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF009368FCB7F9F6" bold="true" box="[199,855,1590,1617]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Maxillary arch dentition (dissected from BNHS 2015).</emphasis>
|
||
Arched with a dip towards diastema; 13 teeth perpendicular to maxilla, curving inwards; prediastemal teeth 7, postdiastemal teeth 6, observable gradual tooth size increase in prediastemal tooth set with the largest teeth precursing diastema; diastema smaller, about 4 tooth-sockets wide, suffixed with a set of 4 uniform, smaller teeth followed by the last grooved pair of large teeth (
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||
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Fig.
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</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="F58FB0A1141E2623FF009398FE62F8D7" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="BD2AE32A141E2623FF009398FE62F8D7" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1905]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FF009398FE19F946" bold="true" box="[199,505,1734,1761]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="7A9598A9141E2623FDC39399FCEDF947" authorityName="Mallik & Srikanthan & Pal & D’Souza & Shanker & Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[516,781,1735,1761]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sahyadrensis" status="nom. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FDC39399FCEDF947" box="[516,781,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Ahaetulla sahyadrensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="8FE13F38141E2623FCDF9399FC70F947" bold="true" box="[792,912,1735,1761]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="94D28243141E2623FCDF9399FC70F947" box="[792,912,1735,1761]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">nom. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
is herein recorded from the Central Western Ghats. However, the actual distribution range will stretch across the Western Ghats (
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<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141E2623FBA893B5FAF7F8A3" author="McCann, C." box="[1135,1303,1771,1797]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="200" refId="ref33089" refString="McCann, C. (1940). Extension of the range of the brown whip snake (Dryophis pulverulentus Jan.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 42, 200." type="journal article" year="1940">McCann 1940</bibRefCitation>
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;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141E2623FAE193B5FA78F8A3" author="Das, I." box="[1318,1432,1771,1797]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref31279" refString="Das, I. (2002) A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of India. New Holland Publisher, UK Ltd. 144 pp." type="book" year="2002">Das 2002</bibRefCitation>
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;
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||
<bibRefCitation id="D9049EDB141E2623FF509251FE5DF88F" author="Whitaker, R. & Captain, A." box="[151,445,1807,1833]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" refId="ref35361" refString="Whitaker, R. & Captain, A. (2004) Snakes of India-the Field Guide. Draco Books, Chengalpattu, India. 495 pp." type="book" year="2004">Whitaker & Captain 2004</bibRefCitation>
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), possibly distributed in moist deciduous and evergreen forests from just above sea level till 1500 msl (metres above sea level). They are primarily arboreal, occasionally terrestrial and found in the vicinity of perennial streams.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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