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<mods:title id="A05591AB05E87AC6FB329458520E66CF">A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8DFFE0FF14F921C044F933" bold="true" box="[151,348,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
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(
<figureCitation id="134FDEE3FF8DFFE0FF1CF946C034F910" box="[159,300,1749,1775]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 19" captionStart-1="FIGURE 20" captionStart-2="FIGURE 21" captionStart-3="FIGURE 22" captionStart-4="FIGURE 23" captionStart-5="FIGURE 24" captionStartId-0="29.[151,255,1381,1405]" captionStartId-1="30.[151,255,1473,1497]" captionStartId-2="31.[151,255,1218,1242]" captionStartId-3="32.[151,255,1408,1432]" captionStartId-4="33.[151,255,1785,1809]" captionStartId-5="34.[151,255,1117,1141]" captionTargetBox-0="[176,1410,182,1370]" captionTargetBox-1="[279,1308,197,1447]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1436,317,1200]" captionTargetBox-3="[225,1362,481,1387]" captionTargetBox-4="[277,1309,629,1768]" captionTargetBox-5="[151,1436,197,1091]" captionTargetId-0="figure-255@29.[176,1410,182,1370]" captionTargetId-1="figure-232@30.[279,1308,197,1447]" captionTargetId-2="figure-371@31.[151,1436,317,1200]" captionTargetId-3="figure-376@32.[225,1362,481,1387]" captionTargetId-4="figure-270@33.[277,1309,629,1768]" captionTargetId-5="figure-383@34.[151,1436,197,1091]" captionTargetPageId-0="29" captionTargetPageId-1="30" captionTargetPageId-2="31" captionTargetPageId-3="32" captionTargetPageId-4="33" captionTargetPageId-5="34" captionText-0="FIGURE 19. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. General view of body. Photograph by Patrick David." captionText-1="FIGURE 20. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Dorsal view at midbody. Photograph by Patrick David." captionText-2="FIGURE 21. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Head, left side. Photograph by Patrick David." captionText-3="FIGURE 22. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Ventral view. Photograph by Patrick David." captionText-4="FIGURE 23. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1985.0395, with a subdued pattern. General view. Photograph by Patrick David." captionText-5="FIGURE 24. Oligodon deuvei spec. nov. Specimen MNHN 1985.0395, with a subdued pattern. Dorsal view at midbody. Photograph by Patrick David." pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Figs. 19–24</figureCitation>
)
</paragraph>
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. –
</emphasis>
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FEAEF8B6C312F8C0" box="[301,522,1829,1855]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN 1974.1366</specimenCode>
(adult male), from “Arboretum de Trang Bôm”, now
<location id="8EAB94BDFF8DFFE0FBFCF8B6C480F8C0" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD7370FF8DFFD9FF14F921C03AF827:8EAB94BDFF8DFFE0FBFCF8B6C480F8C0" box="[1151,1432,1829,1855]" country="Vietnam" municipality="Sergent Poilane" name="Arboretum of Bien Hoa" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" stateProvince="Dong Nai">Arboretum of Bien Hoa</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8DFFE0FF14F8DEC064F898" box="[151,380,1869,1895]" country="Vietnam" name="Dong Nai" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Dong Nai Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8DFFE0FE0BF8DEC0F7F898" box="[392,495,1869,1895]" name="Vietnam" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
. Collected by
<collectingMunicipality id="6BAF581CFF8DFFE0FD15F8DEC249F898" box="[662,849,1869,1895]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Sergent Poilane</collectingMunicipality>
,
<date id="FFCAE4A6FF8DFFE0FCDFF8DEC2CBF898" box="[860,979,1869,1895]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1932-07">
<collectingDate id="EF8E1D4EFF8DFFE0FCDFF8DEC2CBF898" box="[860,979,1869,1895]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1932-07">July 1932</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8DFFE0FF46F8E6C33EF870" bold="true" box="[197,550,1909,1935]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<typeStatus id="54CF7CC4FF8DFFE0FF46F8E6C05AF870" box="[197,322,1909,1935]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
(
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). –
</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FDAEF8E6C3FBF870" box="[557,739,1909,1935]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1938.8" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FDAEF8E6C3FBF870" box="[557,739,1909,1935]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1938.8</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.7.35 (adult male),
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FC4EF8E6C59BF870" box="[973,1155,1909,1935]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1938.8" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FC4EF8E6C59BF870" box="[973,1155,1909,1935]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1938.8</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.7.36 (juvenile female),
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FF14F80EC064F848" box="[151,380,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1969.1810" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FF14F80EC060F848" box="[151,376,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1969.1810</specimenCode>
,
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FE04F80EC375F848" box="[391,621,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1696.1817" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FE04F80EC371F848" box="[391,617,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1696.1817</specimenCode>
,
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FDFBF80EC529F848" box="[632,1073,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1969.1831" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-adult="3" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FDFBF80EC24FF848" box="[632,855,1949,1975]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1969.1831</specimenCode>
(
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females)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FBBCF80EC3D5F820" collectorName="Malcolm A. Smith" country="Vietnam" location="Saigon" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ho Chi Minh City" typeStatus="paratype">
“
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8DFFE0FBC9F80EC5BAF848" box="[1098,1186,1949,1975]" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Saigon</collectingRegion>
”, now
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8DFFE0FB7AF80EC1D3F820" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ho Chi Minh City</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8DFFE0FF54F856C026F820" box="[215,318,1989,2015]" name="Vietnam" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
; deposited by
<collectorName id="2681A7B0FF8DFFE0FE68F856C3D5F820" box="[491,717,1989,2015]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Malcolm A. Smith</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE0FD59F856C297F820" box="[730,911,1989,2015]" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Vietnam" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCode="BMNH 1912.5" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ho Chi Minh City" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8DFFE0FD59F856C297F820" box="[730,911,1989,2015]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">BMNH 1912.5</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8DFFE7FC10F856C1FCFF4D" collectorName="Guitel" country="Laos" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="29" location="Laos" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
11.1 (adult female), “
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8DFFE0FB13F856C5D7F820" box="[1168,1231,1989,2015]" name="Laos" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Laos</collectingCountry>
”, deposited by F.
<collectorName id="2681A7B0FF8AFFE7FF14FF0BC1FCFF4D" box="[151,228,152,178]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Guitel</collectorName>
</materialsCitation>
. –
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8AFFE7FE86FF0BC21BFF4D" box="[261,771,152,178]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="Laos" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="MNHN 1974.1266, 1267" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-adult="2" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FE86FF0BC0FDFF4D" box="[261,485,152,178]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">MNHN 1974.1266</specimenCode>
–
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FE77FF0BC334FF4D" box="[500,556,152,178]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">1267</specimenCode>
(
<specimenCount id="9D7209EFFF8AFFE7FDBCFF0BC38AFF4D" box="[575,658,152,178]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="adult">2 adult</specimenCount>
females)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8AFFE7FC92FF0BC54DFF25" collectorName="Sergent Poilane" country="Vietnam" location="Sud" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ho Chi Minh City" typeStatus="paratype">
“
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8AFFE7FC99FF0BC298FF4D" box="[794,896,152,178]" name="Vietnam" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
<location id="8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FC09FF0BC2A2FF4D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD7370FF8DFFD9FF14F921C03AF827:8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FC09FF0BC2A2FF4D" box="[906,954,152,178]" country="Vietnam" name="Sud" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" stateProvince="Ho Chi Minh City">Sud</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FC4BFF0BC5B9FF4D" box="[968,1185,152,178]" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Région de Saïgon</collectingRegion>
”, now the vicinity of
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FF14FF53C067FF25" box="[151,383,192,218]" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ho Chi Minh City</collectingRegion>
, southern
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8AFFE7FD80FF53C372FF25" box="[515,618,192,218]" name="Vietnam" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
; deposited by
<collectorName id="2681A7B0FF8AFFE7FCA7FF53C2FDFF25" box="[804,997,192,218]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sergent Poilane</collectorName>
, no date
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8AFFE7FBE4FF53C1EBFEFD" collectionCode="MNHN" country="Vietnam" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="MNHN 1974.1367" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Ho Chi Minh City" typeStatus="paratype">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FBE4FF53C452FF25" box="[1127,1354,192,218]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">MNHN 1974.1367</specimenCode>
(adult female)
</materialsCitation>
,
<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8AFFE7FE82FF7BC391FED5" collectingDate="1932-07" country="Vietnam" location="Arboretum of Bien Hoa" municipality="Sergent Poilane" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Dong Nai" typeStatus="paratype">
“Arboretum de Trang Bôm”, now
<location id="8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FD1DFF7BC2A6FEFD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD7370FF8DFFD9FF14F921C03AF827:8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FD1DFF7BC2A6FEFD" box="[670,958,232,258]" country="Vietnam" municipality="Sergent Poilane" name="Arboretum of Bien Hoa" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" stateProvince="Dong Nai">Arboretum of Bien Hoa</location>
,
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FC4FFF7BC5ADFEFD" box="[972,1205,232,258]" country="Vietnam" name="Dong Nai" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dong Nai Province</collectingRegion>
, southern
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8AFFE7FAB2FF7BC480FEFD" box="[1329,1432,232,258]" name="Vietnam" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
. Collected by
<collectingMunicipality id="6BAF581CFF8AFFE7FEBEFE83C0E6FED5" box="[317,510,272,298]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Sergent Poilane</collectingMunicipality>
,
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</date>
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;
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(adult female)
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,
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“
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: Vientiane”, collected (
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<collectingDate id="EF8E1D4EFF8AFFE7FF1CFEABC020FEAD" box="[159,312,312,338]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" value="1961-08">August 1961</collectingDate>
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) and deposited by
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– LSUHC 07883 (adult female),
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,
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,
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.
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Material (12 +
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). –
</emphasis>
All specimens examined by us belong to the
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series. We also examined unpublished notes of
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and we consider that 5 out of the
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referred by this author to “
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF41FE4BC0B6FE0E" box="[194,430,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Holarchus taeniatus</emphasis>
Günther
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” indeed belong to
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FD77FE4BC2ADFE0E" box="[756,949,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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:
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<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FBC0FE4BC585FE0D" box="[1091,1181,472,498]" collectionCode="SRL" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">SRL 43</specimenCode>
(
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South
</location>
of
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)
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,
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and
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<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FEF9FD93C0FBFDE5" box="[378,483,512,538]" collectionCode="SRL" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">SRL 195</specimenCode>
(
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,
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North
</location>
of
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FCB7FD93C5BEFDE5" box="[820,1190,512,538]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture</collectingRegion>
)
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,
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<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FB3AFD93C43AFDE5" box="[1209,1314,512,538]" collectionCode="SRL" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">SRL 218</specimenCode>
(
<collectorName id="2681A7B0FF8AFFE7FAB2FD93C49AFDE5" box="[1329,1410,512,538]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Wattaï</collectorName>
,
<location id="8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FA0EFD93C018FDBD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03DD7370FF8DFFD9FF14F921C03AF827:8EAB94BDFF8AFFE7FA0EFD93C018FDBD" name="5 km West" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" stateProvince="Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture">
<quantity id="4C8C6F83FF8AFFE7FA0EFD93C1A4FDBD" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" unit="km" value="5.0">5 km</quantity>
West
</location>
of
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FEA8FDBBC3B8FDBD" box="[299,672,552,578]" isEnumeration="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vientiane, Vientiane Prefecture</collectingRegion>
) (
<specimenCount id="9D7209EFFF8AFFE7FD39FDBBC201FDBD" box="[698,793,552,578]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="male">4 males</specimenCount>
) and
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<materialsCitation id="3B1CC83BFF8AFFE7FCDDFDBBC3C8FD95" collectionCode="SRL" location="These" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" specimenCode="SRL 63" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Viangchan">
<specimenCode id="DBD26A1DFF8AFFE7FCDDFDBBC2A3FDBD" box="[862,955,552,578]" collectionCode="SRL" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">SRL 63</specimenCode>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FF8AFFE7FC4EFDBBC55BFDBD" box="[973,1091,552,578]" country="Laos" name="Viangchan" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vientiane</collectingRegion>
;
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).
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specimens were included here in the variation of characters
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36E91EDFF8AFFE7FF46FDE4C38DF95D" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF8AFFE7FF46FDE4C3CAFC05" blockId="28.[151,1436,152,2018]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF46FDE4C043FD6E" bold="true" box="[197,347,631,657]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Diagnosis. –</emphasis>
A species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FDF1FDEBC3F9FD6E" authorityName="Boie" authorityYear="1827" box="[626,737,632,657]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FDF1FDEBC3F9FD6E" box="[626,737,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, characterized by (1) deeply forked hemipenes, not spinose but bearing two large papillae; (2) 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody, 15 before vent; (3) 12–14 maxillary teeth, the last two strongly enlarged; (4) anal plate single; (5) head scalation complete but presubocular absent in all available specimens but one; (6) 7 (rarely 8) supralabials; (7) 8 or 9 infralabials; (8) a conspicuous, broad vertebral stripe orange, bright rusty red or pale yellow, edged with two darker faint paravertebral stripes or with more or less numerous dark dots in the paravertebral region; (9) no dorsolateral stripe or a series of dark dots; (10) 4 or 5 major markings on upper head surface: one anterior transverse blotch across the snout, sometimes a small sagittal blotch on upper head surface, often reduced to spots, two oblique streaks, directed posteriorly downwards, and one broad nuchal, arrow-shaped; and (11) branches of the oblique central streaks not reaching the ventral scales in all examined specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF8AFFE7FF46FB9BC438FB8D" blockId="28.[151,1436,152,2018]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
This species differs from other species of the
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FD5AFB9BC27FFBDE" box="[729,871,1032,1058]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Holarchus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniatus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FD5AFB9BC3F6FBDE" box="[729,750,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FD7FFB9BC27FFBDE" box="[764,871,1032,1057]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">taeniatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group by the combination of (1) 17 dorsal scale rows, (2) usually 7 supralabials, (3) a broad, often bright vertebral stripe not or barely edged with dark stripes, (4) no dorsolateral stripes, (5) body often strongly fasciated, and (6) usually no blotches on the tail.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF8AFFE7FF46FB13C0AAFA9D" blockId="28.[151,1436,152,2018]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FF46FB13C091FB66" authority="David &amp; Vogel &amp; van Rooijen, 2008" authorityName="David &amp; Vogel &amp; van Rooijen" authorityYear="2008" box="[197,393,1152,1177]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deuvei" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF46FB13C091FB66" box="[197,393,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FE10FBECC314FB66" bold="true" box="[403,524,1151,1177]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A233A30FFF8AFFE7FE10FBECC314FB66" box="[403,524,1151,1177]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is quite close to
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FD58FB13C240FB66" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[731,856,1152,1177]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barroni">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FD58FB13C240FB66" box="[731,856,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">O. barroni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in scalation. It differs from the latter one by the combination of some morphological characters (see below), a higher mean number of maxillary teeth, the lack of large dorsal blotches and the presence of a broad vertebral stripe (vertebral stripe absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FA8FFB43C492FB16" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1916" box="[1292,1418,1232,1257]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barroni">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FA8FFB43C492FB16" box="[1292,1418,1232,1257]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">O. barroni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Specimens with a “conspicuous yellow vertebral stripe and no dorsal spots on tail” mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="EFE5BF97FF8AFFE7FAD5FB6BC03AFAC5" author="Smith, M. A." pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref26102" refString="Smith, M. A. (1943) The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-chinese subregion. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III, Serpentes, Taylor &amp; Francis, London, xii + 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith (1943: 210)</bibRefCitation>
under
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FEF4FAB3C271FAC5" authority="sensu Gunther (1864)" authorityName="sensu Gunther" authorityYear="1864" box="[375,873,1312,1338]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniatus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FEF4FAB3C342FAC6" box="[375,602,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon taeniatus</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFE5BF97FF8AFFE7FD2DFAB3C271FAC5" author="Gunther, A." box="[686,873,1312,1338]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" refId="ref25271" refString="Gunther, A. (1864) The reptiles of British India, Ray Society, London, xxvii + 452 pp., Pls. 1 - 26." type="book" year="1864">Günther (1864)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, namely with 17 DSR (
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FB05FAB3C446FAC6" box="[1158,1374,1312,1337]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon mouhoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), are referable to this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF8AFFE7FF46FAE3C38DF95D" blockId="28.[151,1436,152,2018]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
In our sample,
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show the orange or rusty brown vertebral stripe, four others, all large females from southern
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8AFFE7FECBFA0BC0B3FA4D" box="[328,427,1432,1458]" name="Vietnam" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FF8AFFE7FE69FA0BC33DFA4D" box="[490,549,1432,1458]" name="Laos" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Laos</collectingCountry>
, have a more subdued yellowish-brown stripe with darker dots. Only
<specimenCount id="9D7209EFFF8AFFE7FAF1FA0BC011FA25" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" type="generic">one specimen</specimenCount>
, the
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, shows two blotches on the upper tail surface similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FB3FFA53C48DFA26" box="[1212,1429,1472,1497]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mouhoti">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FB3FFA53C48DFA26" box="[1212,1429,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon mouhoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, we could not find any other character to separate these two morphs and we consider the colour of the stripe to be variable. Specimens with the subdued yellowish-brown vertebral stripe are quite similar in pattern to
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FF8AFFE7FF6CF9ABC3A4F9AD" authority="(Gunther, 1872)" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1872" box="[239,700,1592,1618]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF6CF9ABC0E9F9AE" box="[239,497,1592,1617]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Oligodon formosanus</emphasis>
(Günther, 1872)
</taxonomicName>
, but these two species are easily separated by the number of MSR (
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FEAAF9F3C026F986" box="[297,318,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FECEF9F3C0D2F986" box="[333,458,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">fomosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 17), the number of ventrals and subcaudals (more than 160 and 45 respectively in
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.
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) and different hemipenes.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF46F93CC070F936" bold="true" box="[197,360,1711,1737]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Etymology. –</emphasis>
For his major contributions to the herpetology of
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, this species is named in honour of Mr. Jean Deuve (1918-2008). Mr. Deuve spent about 20 years in
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where he carried out several political and military duties and conducted researches on its wildlife, especially the snakes (
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).
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Description of the
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(
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). –
</emphasis>
Body elongated but not especially thin; head ovoid, typical of the
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8AFFE7FF62F8C3C077F896" box="[225,367,1872,1897]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">O. taeniatus</emphasis>
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group, short, thick, barely distinct from the thick neck; snout projecting over the lower jaw, long, rounded, amounting to 28.8 % of HL, or 1.7 times as long as diameter of eye; eye rather small, with a round pupil; tail short, thick, tapering.
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SVL:
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; TaL:
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; TL:
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; HL:
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; ratio TaL/TL: 0.166.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8BFFE6FF14FAF6C03EFA82" bold="true" box="[151,294,1381,1405]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8BFFE6FEAEFAF5C0C7FA82" box="[301,479,1382,1405]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
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Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. General view of body. Photograph by Patrick David.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8BFFE6FF45FA5FC02DFA1A" box="[198,309,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Dentition</emphasis>
. 14 maxillary teeth, the last two being strongly enlarged and blade-like.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8BFFE6FF46FA62C06DF9F5" box="[197,373,1521,1546]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Body scalation</emphasis>
. DSR: 17–17–15; scales small, ovoid, all smooth. VEN: 146 (plus 2 preventrals), slightly angulated; SC: 36, all paired; anal plate entire.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF8BFFE6FF46F9D2C061F9A5" box="[197,377,1601,1626]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Rostral thick, curved onto the upper snout surface, well visible from above, separating internasals by about one half of their length; nasals slightly “butterfly-shaped”, about 1.4 times as long as high, vertically divided, with the posterior part distinctly smaller than anterior one; nostril crescentic, piercing middle of nasal just in front of the division; internasals subrectangular, in broad contact, shorter than prefrontals; prefrontals subrectangular, much wider than long; frontal hexagonal, ogive-like, broad, 1.1 times as long as wide; a supraocular on each side, distinctly longer than wide, about as wide as prefrontals; two very large, subtriangular parietals, much longer than the frontal, in broad contact; 1/1 small, elongate loreal scale, in contact with the nasal; 7/7 supralabials, 1
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SL small, 2
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and barely 3
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in contact with the loreal, 3
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and 4
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entering orbit, 5
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and 6
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largest; 1/1 preocular, high and narrow; no presubocular; 2/2 small postoculars; 1+2/1+2 temporals, anterior ones elongated; 8/8 infralabials, first pair in contact, IL
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contact with anterior chin shields, 5
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IL the largest.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF88FFE5FF14FA52C03FFA26" bold="true" box="[151,295,1473,1497]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
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Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Dorsal view at midbody. Photograph by Patrick David.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF88FFE5FF46F9B9C37CF9BC" box="[197,612,1578,1603]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Colouration and pattern in alcohol</emphasis>
. The upper surface is dark reddish brown, with dorsal scales strongly edged with dark brown; a broad (vertebral row + about 1/3 of each adjacent row), pale yellow vertebral stripe extends from the neck to the tip of the tail; on each side of the vertebral stripe, numerous dark brown irregular spots every 4 to 6 scales, more rounded anteriorly; irregular blackish-brown spots scattered on the sides, not forming a stripe. Dorsally, the tail is similar to the upper body surface, with a broad and conspicuous vertebral stripe; a few scattered dark brown dots; two small, dark brown transversal vertebral blotches, one just after the level of the vent, the other one about 5 SC before the tip of the tail respectively.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF88FFE4FF46F8D1C223FEFD" blockId="30.[151,1437,1578,2004]" lastBlockId="31.[151,1436,152,258]" lastPageId="31" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">The head is brownish-grey, darker than body, with small scattered dark dots; supralabials pale yellowishbrown, SL 1–4 largely dotted with brown; an irregular dark brown marking on the snout, in front of eyes, not reaching the internasals, extending downwards and backwards across the eye then downwards, to produce a short, dark, conspicuous oblique streak on SL 4; another oblique dark brown spot on SL 6; several irregular dark brown spots on the frontal and parietals; one large and broad subrectangular nuchal blotch; one large, oblique dark brown lateral streak on the side of the neck, not reaching the ventral scales; infralabials, chin and throat pale yellow ochre strongly dotted with dark brown.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF14FB51C03EFB25" bold="true" box="[151,294,1218,1242]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FEAFFB50C0C6FB25" box="[300,478,1219,1242]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
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Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Head, left side. Photograph by Patrick David.
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FF89FFE4FF46FAA3C59AFA65" blockId="31.[151,1436,1328,2034]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">The venter is pale yellow, with a row of large irregular blackish-brown blotches near the tips of the ventrals, becoming progressively larger and sometimes in contact medially in the posterior half of the body. Tail below with strong blotches, disappearing abruptly at the posterior first part of the tail.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF46FA3BC31DFA3D" bold="true" box="[197,517,1448,1474]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Description and variation</emphasis>
. – Based on
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plus
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described by
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which are positively identifiable. Characters are as described for the
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, with the following variation or differences:
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF46F9B3C04CF9C6" box="[197,340,1568,1593]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Morphology</emphasis>
. Snout long, amounting to 27.3–32.1 % (
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= 29.3 %,
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= 1.4) of HL, or 1.7–1.9 (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FA95F9B3C43BF9C6" box="[1302,1315,1568,1593]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">x</emphasis>
= 1.8, s = 0.1) times as long as diameter of eye; tail rather short and thick.
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Maximal total length known is
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(
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long (
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, TaL
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; female;
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long (
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, TaL
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;
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1938.8.7.35). Ratio TaL/TL:
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, with a strong sexual dimorphism (see below)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF46F883C02CF8D6" box="[197,308,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Dentition</emphasis>
. 12–15 maxillary teeth (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FDD6F883C37AF8D6" box="[597,610,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">x</emphasis>
= 13.6,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FD40F883C3D6F8D6" box="[707,718,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">s</emphasis>
= 1.1), the last two strongly enlarged and blade-like.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF46F8ABC06BF8AE" box="[197,371,1848,1873]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Body scalation</emphasis>
. DSR: 17–17–15 rows in all specimens; scales small, all smooth. VEN: 142–163 (plus 1–2 preventrals), slightly angulate; SC: 31–47, all paired (with a weak sexual dimorphism); anal plate entire.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FF46F81BC060F85E" box="[197,376,1928,1953]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Head scalation</emphasis>
. Rostral barely separating the internasals; nasals about 1.6–1.8 times as long as high, vertically divided; internasals in broad contact and much shorter than prefrontals; frontal hexagonal, 1.25–1.35 times as long as wide (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FE2DF84BC0A3F80E" box="[430,443,2008,2033]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">x</emphasis>
= 1.30,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FF89FFE4FD9DF84BC331F80E" box="[542,553,2008,2033]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">s</emphasis>
= 0.03); a supraocular on each side, distinctly longer than wide, about as wide as prefrontals; 1/1 small, subrectangular loreal scale, about 1.3–1.7 times as long as high; 7/7 (in 16/
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) or 8/8 (1/17) supralabials, 1
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SL small, usually only the 2
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SL (in 18/34 occurrences) or 2
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+ 3
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(in 16/34) in contact with loreal, 3
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+ 4
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entering orbit in all specimens, 5
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and 6
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largest; 1/1 preocular, high and narrow; presubocular absent in 33/34 occurrences, present but small in only
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; 2/2 small postoculars in all examined specimens; 1 (in 33/34 occurrences) or 2 (1/34) elongated anterior temporal, 2 posterior temporals; 8/8 (in 11/
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) or 9/9 infralabials (6/17), first pair in contact, IL
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contact with anterior chin shields, 5
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IL the largest.
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB6FFDBFF14FA13C1C7FA45" blockId="32.[151,1435,1408,1466]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB6FFDBFF14FA13C030FA67" bold="true" box="[151,296,1408,1432]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 22.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB6FFDBFEACFA12C0FAFA67" box="[303,482,1409,1432]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB6FFDBFE69FA13C340FA67" bold="true" box="[490,600,1408,1432]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A233A30FFFB6FFDBFE69FA13C340FA67" box="[490,600,1408,1432]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Specimen MNHN 1974.1366, holotype. Ventral view. Photograph by Patrick David.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB6FFDBFF46FA7FC01DF81A" blockId="32.[151,1436,1515,2021]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB6FFDBFF46FA7FC52DF9FA" box="[197,1077,1516,1541]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
Colouration and pattern in alcohol (data in life according to
<bibRefCitation id="EFE5BF97FFB6FFDBFC14FA7FC535F9FA" author="Deuve, J." box="[919,1069,1516,1541]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refId="ref25157" refString="Deuve, J. (1985) Serpents du Laos. Dessins en couleurs et documents manuscrits. Unpublished manuscript notes, deposited in the library of the &quot; Taxonomie-collection - Reptiles &amp; Amphibiens &quot; Unit, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 102 sheets and separate plates." type="book" year="1985">Deuve, 1985</bibRefCitation>
)
</emphasis>
. The upper surface is reddishbrown, reddish-grey or dark yellowish-grey (greyish-brown, reddish-brown or reddish-tan in life), with dorsal scales usually narrowly but distinctly edged with dark brown producing faint, irregular crossbars, quite strong in some specimens; scattered dark brown dots on the body; usually a broad, conspicuous pale yellow, orange, rusty red or yellowish-brown vertebral stripe (orange, rusty red or red ochre in life), sometimes dull yellowish-grey, subdued and spotted with greyish-brown in larger specimens (
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), extends from the neck up to the tip of the tail; vertebral stripe edged on each of its sides either with scattered dark brown, more or less rounded spots, or, sometimes, with a faint wider dark brown or dark tan paravertebral stripe (ochre or dark reddish-brown in life) with scattered black spots on its edge, no dorsolateral stripes on the body, sometimes a series of aligned dark brown dots (dark reddish-brown in life). Tail is similar to upper body surface, with a broad vertebral stripe, sometimes edged on each side with a diffuse dark stripe which reaches the tip of the tail, often only with dark brown spots; usually no large blotches on upper surface of the tail, but present in the
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB7FFDAFF46FF0BC035FDBD" blockId="33.[151,1436,152,578]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">The head is brownish-grey or brown, darker than the body; supralabials ivory (cream in life), edged with brown (dark brownish-red in life) or variegated with dark brown (greyish-brown in life); a total of 4 to 5 major markings on upper head surface, as follows: a more or less narrow transversal dark brown marking on the snout, just in front of eyes, extends downwards obliquely backwards across the eye down to SL 4; a short, narrow, water drop shaped, longitudinal streak on the frontal, sometimes absent or reduced to disjunct dots in some specimens; on each side, a large, oblique dark brown or blackish-brown (dark brownish-red edged with ochre in life) sagittal marking on frontal, not in contact each with the other, anterior part of parietals and posterior temporals, reaches the neck side behind the corner of the mouth but does not reach the ventral scales in all specimens; a broad, subrectangular, arrow- or heart-shaped, dark brown nuchal blotch, pointing forward. Infralabials, chin and throat cream spotted with brown or sometimes uniformly ochre-yellow with a few dark brown spots.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB7FFDAFF14F96AC08EF8CC" blockId="33.[151,1436,1785,1843]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB7FFDAFF14F96AC030F8EE" bold="true" box="[151,296,1785,1809]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FIGURE 23.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB7FFDAFEB2F969C0FCF8EE" box="[305,484,1786,1809]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB7FFDAFE6FF96AC343F8EE" bold="true" box="[492,603,1785,1809]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
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</emphasis>
Specimen MNHN 1985.0395, with a subdued pattern. General view. Photograph by Patrick David.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB7FFDAFF46F8F1C30DF80B" blockId="33.[151,1436,1890,2036]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">The venter is creamish-yellow or light grey (cream then bright pink then red posteriorly red in life), nearly uniform with a few rectangular scattered spots, or usually with a numerous, large blackish-brown subrectangular spots near both tips of ventrals; lower tail surface as venter, uniform or with subrectangular blotches in its anterior half, uniform behind.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB4FFD9FF14FBCEC0CDFB68" blockId="34.[151,1437,1117,1175]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF14FBCEC03EFB8A" bold="true" box="[151,294,1117,1141]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">FIGURE 24.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FEAFFBCDC0C5FB8A" box="[300,477,1118,1141]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FE60FBCEC357FB8A" bold="true" box="[483,591,1117,1141]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A233A30FFFB4FFD9FE60FBCEC357FB8A" box="[483,591,1117,1141]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" rank="species">spec. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Specimen MNHN 1985.0395, with a subdued pattern. Dorsal view at midbody. Photograph by Patrick David.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB4FFD9FF46FB56C3C1FAA4" blockId="34.[151,1437,1221,2008]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF46FB56C22DFB20" bold="true" box="[197,821,1221,1247]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Hemipenis (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FEDFFB56C0B0FB20" bold="true" box="[348,424,1221,1247]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">in situ</emphasis>
; based on MNHN 1974.1366). –
</emphasis>
The hemipenis is similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FFB4FFD9FB50FB55C1A1FAF5" authorityName="sensu Gunther" authorityYear="1864" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniatus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FB50FB55C1A1FAF5" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Oligodon taeniatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in morphology, forked opposite the 5
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or 6
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SC and reaching SC 12. On its proximal part, it is covered with calyces and with a few folds; the distal parts are smooth and entirely devoid of spines. On each branch a long, smooth papilla is present as in
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<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FDC0FAD2C3CAFAA5" box="[579,722,1345,1370]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">O. taeniatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB4FFD9FF46FAFBC07FF9B7" blockId="34.[151,1437,1221,2008]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF46FAFBC0DEFA7F" bold="true" box="[197,454,1384,1408]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF46FAFBC0ABFA7F" box="[197,435,1384,1408]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" reason="1">Sexual dimorphism.</emphasis>
–
</emphasis>
Clear in the three following characters: (1) difference in the ratio TaL/TL: males:
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(
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FEAEFA03C021FA58" box="[301,313,1424,1447]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 0.165,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FE29FA1DC0ADFA58" box="[426,437,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 0.007); females:
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<geoCoordinate id="EE40A4A1FFB4FFD9FD63FA1DC229FA57" box="[736,817,1422,1448]" degrees="0.149" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" precision="55" value="-0.149">–0.149</geoCoordinate>
(
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FCC7FA1DC249FA58" box="[836,849,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 0.142,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FC40FA1DC2D6FA58" box="[963,974,1422,1447]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 0.004); (2) difference in the number of ventrals: males: 140–147 (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FE76FA25C31AFA30" box="[501,514,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 144.7,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FDF7FA25C367FA30" box="[628,639,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 3.3); females: 147–155 (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FC47FA25C2C9FA30" box="[964,977,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 152.1,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FBC0FA25C556FA30" box="[1091,1102,1462,1487]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 4.3); (3) difference in the number of subcaudals: males: 36–47 (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FDDEFA4DC372FA08" box="[605,618,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 41.5,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FD4EFA4DC3C0FA08" box="[717,728,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 5.0); females: 31–38 (
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FC7CFA4DC514FA08" box="[1023,1036,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">x</emphasis>
= 34.6,
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FBECFA4DC562FA08" box="[1135,1146,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">s</emphasis>
= 2.3). Lastly, all specimens with a broad but yellowish-brown, subdued vertebral stripes are large females, although some also have a colourful stripe.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB4FFD9FF46F9C5C5FFF8EF" blockId="34.[151,1437,1221,2008]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF46F9C5C046F98F" bold="true" box="[197,350,1622,1648]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Distribution</emphasis>
. -
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FEFDF9C5C0F0F98F" bold="true" box="[382,488,1622,1648]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FFB4FFD9FEFDF9C5C0F0F98F" box="[382,488,1622,1648]" name="Vietnam" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. Known only from the south of the country: provinces or district of
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FAA4F9C5C484F98F" box="[1319,1436,1622,1648]" country="Vietnam" name="Dong Nai" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Dong Nai</collectingRegion>
(Bien Hoa; our data and specimen USNM 166984) and
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FCA7F9EDC507F967" box="[804,1055,1662,1688]" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Ho Chi Minh District</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FBACF9EDC5CAF967" box="[1071,1234,1662,1688]" country="Vietnam" name="Ho Chi Minh City" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Ho Chi Minh</collectingRegion>
). –
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FB78F9EDC42FF967" bold="true" box="[1275,1335,1662,1688]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FFB4FFD9FB78F9EDC42FF967" box="[1275,1335,1662,1688]" name="Laos" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Laos</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. Known only from
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FE90F935C31BF93F" box="[275,515,1702,1728]" country="Laos" name="Viangchan" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Vientiane Prefecture</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FD91F935C39CF93F" box="[530,644,1702,1728]" country="Laos" name="Viangchan" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Vientiane</collectingRegion>
and its vicinity, Tha Ngon, and Wattaï). –
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FBFAF935C5E3F93F" bold="true" box="[1145,1275,1702,1728]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FFB4FFD9FBFAF935C5E3F93F" box="[1145,1275,1702,1728]" name="Cambodia" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Cambodia</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
. Known only from
<collectingRegion id="49B00C84FFB4FFD9FF5BF95DC089F917" box="[216,401,1742,1768]" country="Cambodia" name="Pursat" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Pursat Province</collectingRegion>
(Che Teal Chrum Village). This species has been confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FFB4FFD9FB0DF95DC40AF918" box="[1166,1298,1742,1767]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mouhoti">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FB0DF95DC40AF918" box="[1166,1298,1742,1767]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">O. mouhoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and its distribution is surely still largely unrecorded. We expect it to occur also in northeastern
<collectingCountry id="F36382F6FFB4FFD9FBF4F965C5FBF8EF" box="[1143,1251,1782,1808]" name="Thailand" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Thailand</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C36E91EDFFB4FFD9FF46F88DC03AF827" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BCBC266FFB4FFD9FF46F88DC03AF827" blockId="34.[151,1437,1221,2008]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF46F88DC039F8C7" bold="true" box="[197,289,1822,1848]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Biology</emphasis>
. – This small species is terrestrial and secretive.
<bibRefCitation id="EFE5BF97FFB4FFD9FC02F88DC53FF8C7" author="Deuve, J." box="[897,1063,1822,1848]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" pagination="1 - 251" refId="ref25124" refString="Deuve, J. (1970) Serpents du Laos. Memoires de l'O. R. S. T. O. M, Paris, 39, 1 - 251." type="journal article" year="1970">Deuve (1970)</bibRefCitation>
encountered his specimens of “
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FFB4FFD9FF27F8D5C09DF8A0" authorityName="sensu Gunther" authorityYear="1864" box="[164,389,1862,1887]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniatus">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF27F8D5C09DF8A0" box="[164,389,1862,1887]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Oligodon taeniatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
”, which turned out to be mostly
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FFB4FFD9FC84F8D5C2D1F8A0" authorityName="David &amp; Vogel &amp; van Rooijen" authorityYear="2008" box="[775,969,1862,1887]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deuvei">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FC84F8D5C2D1F8A0" box="[775,969,1862,1887]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Oligodon deuvei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, during all seasons. Juvenile specimens appeared during the rainy season (July to October). According to
<bibRefCitation id="EFE5BF97FFB4FFD9FC23F8FDC55DF877" author="Deuve, J." box="[928,1093,1902,1928]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" refId="ref25157" refString="Deuve, J. (1985) Serpents du Laos. Dessins en couleurs et documents manuscrits. Unpublished manuscript notes, deposited in the library of the &quot; Taxonomie-collection - Reptiles &amp; Amphibiens &quot; Unit, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 102 sheets and separate plates." type="book" year="1985">Deuve (1985)</bibRefCitation>
, specimens were collected at day time on the ground, under various vegetal scrapes, or in gardens. Its biology is presumed mostly similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C74B9E5FFB4FFD9FF14F82DC003F828" box="[151,283,1982,2007]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Oligodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mouhoti">
<emphasis id="B9001E74FFB4FFD9FF14F82DC003F828" box="[151,283,1982,2007]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">O. mouhoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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