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)—
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part;
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–Wall, 1911)—
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Inger
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2DFFFBFC6B7A85FB8D3DE1" box="[1016,1060,1978,2002]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">et al</emphasis>
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. 1984
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2DFFFBFF047AE4FD363DC2" blockId="10.[151,1436,1855,2033]" box="[151,671,2008,2033]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2DFFFBFF047AE4FD363DC2" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,671,2008,2033]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" pageNumber="311" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="ceylonensis" subSpecies="dakhunensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2DFFFBFF047AE4FE7B3DC2" box="[151,466,2009,2033]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="311">Boiga ceylonensis dakhunensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2DFFFBFE4A7AE6FD363DC2" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[473,671,2008,2033]" pageId="10" pageNumber="311" refId="ref12769" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia, Colombo, xix + 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2CFFFAFF047DA6FD953A80" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,467]" box="[151,572,152,179]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2CFFFAFF047DA6FE3F3A80" bold="true" box="[151,406,152,179]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
|
||
Males (n=10).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2CFFFAFF547D83FD663B54" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,467]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
|
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<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFF547D83FE793AE4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056303" box="[199,464,189,215]" country="India" location="Males" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2CFFFAFF547D83FE983AE4" box="[199,305,189,215]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="syntype">Syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFEAD7D83FE2E3AE4" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFEAD7D83FE2E3AE4" box="[318,391,189,215]" country="India" name="Males" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Males</location>
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||
:
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2CFFFAFE007D83FE793AE4" box="[403,464,189,215]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFE4E7D83FB613AC8" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056331" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. H. Beddome" country="India" location="West Coast Forests" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="BMNH 74.4" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFE4E7D83FDC73AE4" box="[477,622,188,215]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BMNH 74.4</specimenCode>
|
||
.29.935,
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFD5C7D83FCC93AE4" box="[719,864,189,215]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BMNH 74.4</specimenCode>
|
||
.29.933, 36; Females:
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFBCF7D83FB443AE4" box="[1116,1261,189,215]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BMNH 74.4</specimenCode>
|
||
.29.934, 37 and
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFF047DDFFE803AC8" box="[151,297,225,251]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BMNH 74.4</specimenCode>
|
||
.29.967, all collected by
|
||
<collectorName id="26975348EB2CFFFAFDD77DDFFD473AC8" box="[580,750,225,251]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">R.H. Beddome</collectorName>
|
||
from the “
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFCFE7DDFFBE63AC8" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFCFE7DDFFBE63AC8" box="[877,1103,225,251]" country="India" name="West Coast Forests" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">West Coast Forests</location>
|
||
”[of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2CFFFAFB127DDEFB683AC8" box="[1153,1217,224,251]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
]
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
. Additional Specimens:
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2CFFFAFF767C3BFE8B3B2C" box="[229,290,261,287]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A6F87CEB2CFFFAFEA37C3BFE123B2C" box="[304,443,261,287]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFE597C3BFD113B2C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056313" box="[458,696,261,287]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="MNHN 1946.69" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFE597C3BFD2C3B2C" box="[458,645,261,287]" 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="11" pageNumber="312">MNHN 1946.69</specimenCode>
|
||
and
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFD507C3BFB223B2C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056301" box="[707,1163,261,287]" collectionCode="MNHN" country="India" location="Salem" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="MNHN 1948.301" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFD507C3BFC243B2C" box="[707,909,261,287]" 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="11" pageNumber="312">MNHN 1948.301</specimenCode>
|
||
both Yercaud,
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFBD27C3BFB223B2C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFBD27C3BFB223B2C" box="[1089,1163,261,287]" country="India" name="Salem" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Salem</location>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFB0A7C3BFEE33B70" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056310" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="Benhope" country="India" location="Nilgiris." pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="BNHS 1891" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFB0A7C3BFA8E3B2C" box="[1177,1319,261,287]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BNHS 1891</specimenCode>
|
||
<collectorName id="26975348EB2CFFFAFAA17C3BFA313B2C" box="[1330,1432,261,287]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Benhope</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFF047C17FF5D3B70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFF047C17FF5D3B70" box="[151,244,297,323]" country="India" name="Nilgiris." pageId="11" pageNumber="312" stateProvince="Kerala">Nilgiris.</location>
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A6F87CEB2CFFFAFF6F7C17FEE33B70" box="[252,330,297,323]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Kerala</collectingRegion>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFEC67C17FD3A3B70" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056306" box="[341,659,297,323]" collectionCode="FMNH" country="India" location="Trivandrum" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="FMNH 217700" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFEC67C17FDAB3B70" box="[341,514,297,323]" collectionCode="FMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" type="Museum">FMNH 217700</specimenCode>
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFD997C17FD3A3B70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFD997C17FD3A3B70" box="[522,659,297,323]" country="India" name="Trivandrum" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" stateProvince="Kerala">Trivandrum</location>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFD0D7C17FB8C3B70" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056344" box="[670,1061,297,323]" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="Palagapandy" country="India" location="Palghat" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="BNHS 1842" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFD0D7C17FC803B70" box="[670,809,297,323]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BNHS 1842</specimenCode>
|
||
<collectorName id="26975348EB2CFFFAFCA27C17FC683B70" box="[817,961,297,323]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Palagapandy</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFC5E7C17FB8C3B70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFC5E7C17FB8C3B70" box="[973,1061,297,323]" country="India" name="Palghat" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" stateProvince="Kerala">Palghat</location>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFBA27C17FAEC3B70" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056315" box="[1073,1349,297,323]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" location="Travancore" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="BNHS 1890" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFBA27C17FB153B70" box="[1073,1212,297,323]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BNHS 1890</specimenCode>
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFB507C17FAEC3B70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFB507C17FAEC3B70" box="[1219,1349,297,323]" country="India" name="Travancore" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" stateProvince="Kerala">Travancore</location>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3B0A3CC3EB2CFFFAFAC17C17FD623B54" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="2621056309" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="Kartikolam" country="India" location="Waynad District" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" specimenCode="BNHS 1887" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Kerala">
|
||
<specimenCode id="DBC49EE5EB2CFFFAFAC17C17FF663B54" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">BNHS 1887</specimenCode>
|
||
<collectorName id="26975348EB2CFFFAFF457C73FEF13B54" box="[214,344,333,359]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Kartikolam</collectorName>
|
||
, Mananthavadi,
|
||
<location id="8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFD827C73FD623B54" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CB8788EB2DFFFCFF047BE6FF4938FC:8EBD6045EB2CFFFAFD827C73FD623B54" box="[529,715,333,359]" country="India" name="Waynad District" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" stateProvince="Kerala">Waynad District</location>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2CFFFAFF547C4FFD813BE0" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,467]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
|
||
Females (n=8).
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2CFFFAFEE97C4FFE1E3BB8" box="[378,439,369,395]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A6F87CEB2CFFFAFE507C4FFDE53BB8" box="[451,588,369,395]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
|
||
. CAS 17248 Anama Kays [Anaimalais] Madras [Presidency]. BNHS 1893 Anamallai hills,
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2CFFFAFEC27CABFE013B9C" box="[337,424,405,431]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.144" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" unit="ft" value="3000.0">3000 ft.</quantity>
|
||
<collectingRegion id="49A6F87CEB2CFFFAFE3D7CABFE553B9C" box="[430,508,405,431]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Kerala</collectingRegion>
|
||
. BMNH 1924.10.13.19 Kattayam [Kottayam], Travancore; BNHS 1843 Nilambur; BNHS 1845 Nelliampathy, Palghat.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1D6616EB2CFFFAFF047A42FB733D8A" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3835369" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3835369" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3835369/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" startId="11.[151,250,1916,1941]" targetBox="[151,1436,489,1891]" targetPageId="11">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2CFFFAFF047A42FB733D8A" blockId="11.[151,1437,1916,1977]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2CFFFAFF047A42FEBB3DA6" bold="true" box="[151,274,1916,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
A syntype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2CFFFAFE0E7A43FD9F3DA6" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[413,566,1917,1941]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="11" pageNumber="312" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2CFFFAFE0E7A43FD9F3DA6" box="[413,566,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="312">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
BMNH 74.4.29.935 from West Coast Forests. (A) entire—dorsal, (B) entire—ventral, (C) ventral pattern close-up, (D) head—ventral, (E) head—lateral, (F) head—dorsal views. (southern India)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFDFF547DA6FCE93B54" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF547DA6FE033A80" bold="true" box="[199,426,152,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Taxonomic history.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE237DA4FDF13A80" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1875" box="[432,600,153,179]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE237DA4FDF13A80" box="[432,600,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was described by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFCB17DA7FC783A80" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[802,977,152,179]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther (1875)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC6A7DA4FB053A80" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[1017,1196,153,179]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC6A7DA4FB053A80" box="[1017,1196,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from the “the forests of the West Coast [of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2BFFFDFE1C7D82FE793AE4" box="[399,464,188,215]" name="India" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
]”. It was later synonymised with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCDA7D80FBBD3AE4" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[841,1044,189,215]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFCDA7D80FBBD3AE4" box="[841,1044,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFBD37D83FAA33AE4" author="Boulenger, G. A." box="[1088,1290,189,215]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12321" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1890) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii + 541 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 57017" type="book" year="1890">Boulenger (1890)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFA857D83FA353AE4" author="Wall, F." box="[1302,1436,189,215]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref14306" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155." type="journal article" year="1909">Wall (1909)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
recognized it again as a valid species after having revised the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCF47DDCFB9D3AC8" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[871,1076,225,251]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFCF47DDCFB9D3AC8" box="[871,1076,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
-group and described two more species,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFF657C38FE2B3B2C" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[246,386,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF657C38FE2B3B2C" box="[246,386,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE247C38FDDF3B2C" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[439,630,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE247C38FDDF3B2C" box="[439,630,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFD177C3BFCB13B2C" author="Smith, M. A." box="[644,792,261,287]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref14068" refString="Smith, M. A. (1943) The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London, 583 pp." type="book" year="1943">Smith (1943)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
once again synonymised
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFBAB7C38FB1F3B2C" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[1080,1206,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFBAB7C38FB1F3B2C" box="[1080,1206,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB667C38FA3C3B2C" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[1269,1429,261,287]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB667C38FA3C3B2C" box="[1269,1429,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFF047C17FEF63B70" author="Inger, R. F. & Shaffer, H. B. & Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B." box="[151,351,297,323]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="551 - 570" refId="ref13334" refString="Inger, R. F., Shaffer, H. B., Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B. (1984) A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 81 (3), 551 - 570." type="journal article" year="1984">
|
||
Inger
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF4B7C14FEA13B70" box="[216,264,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (1984)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
considered
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE777C14FDC83B70" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[484,609,297,323]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE777C14FDC83B70" box="[484,609,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a valid species and this view was followed by most of the recent authors (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFF0C7C73FEA63B54" author="Das, I." box="[159,271,333,359]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12584" refString="Das, I. (2002) A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of India. New Holland Publ., London, 144 pp." type="book" year="2002">Das 2002</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFE897C73FDFA3B54" author="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M." box="[282,595,333,359]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="7 - 24" refId="ref12813" refString="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M. (2016) Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 23 (1), 7 - 24." type="journal article" year="2016">Ganesh & Arumugam 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Ganesh
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD2B7C70FD433B54" box="[696,746,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2018).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFDFF547C4FFB2F3F00" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF547C4FFE6F3BB8" bold="true" box="[199,454,369,395]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Nomenclatural notes.</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFE5E7C4FFD1D3BB8" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[461,692,368,395]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12769" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia, Colombo, xix + 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala (1955)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
misunderstood the fact that
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFC617C4FFBD83BB8" author="Wall, F." box="[1010,1137,369,395]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref14306" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155." type="journal article" year="1909">Wall (1909</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; 1911) had wrongly attributed the authorship of the taxon
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFD927CA8FCB13B9C" authority="Gunther" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[513,792,405,431]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD927CA8FD1C3B9C" box="[513,693,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
Günther
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to Beddome. It should be noted that this authorship credited to Beddome is purely a lapsus as we could not trace any mention of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC507C84FBDE3BE0" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[963,1143,441,467]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC507C84FBDE3BE0" box="[963,1143,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by this latter author. Nevertheless, believing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFEEA7CE0FD473BC4" authority="Beddome sensu Wall" authorityName="Wall" box="[377,750,477,503]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFEEA7CE0FE513BC4" box="[377,504,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
Beddome
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDE77CE0FD1B3BC4" box="[628,690,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">sensu</emphasis>
|
||
Wall
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was a distinct, valid taxon on its own, Deraniyagala created an unnecessary new taxon, with the status of a nomen novum,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCC57F3CFA313828" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" box="[854,1432,512,539]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="ceylonensis" subSpecies="dakhunensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFCC57F3CFB1B3828" box="[854,1202,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis dakhunensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB297F3FFA313828" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[1210,1432,512,539]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12769" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia, Colombo, xix + 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. But Wall’s cursorial mistake in attributing
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDE07F18FD58380C" box="[627,753,549,575]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDE07F18FD58380C" box="[627,753,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to Beddome cannot be considered to be the description of an available taxon on its own and therefore it does not enter into homonymy. There cannot be any doubt that the authorship and date of the nomen
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE5D7F50FD2B38B4" box="[462,642,621,647]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE5D7F50FD2B38B4" box="[462,642,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFD307F53FCED38B4" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[675,836,620,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther, 1875</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(also see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFC277F53FB0638B4" author="Vogel, G. & Ganesh, S. R." box="[948,1199,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="158 - 168" refId="ref14246" refString="Vogel, G. & Ganesh, S. R. (2013) A new species of cat snake (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiga) from dry forests of eastern Peninsular India. Zootaxa, 3637 (2), 158 - 168. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3637.2.6" type="journal article" year="2013">Vogel & Ganesh 2013</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB287F53FA3138B4" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[1211,1432,621,647]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref14417" 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="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFA8E7F50FAE738B4" box="[1309,1358,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFF047FAFFED43898" author="Aengals, R. & Sathish Kumar, V. M. & Palot, M. J. & Ganesh, S. R." box="[151,381,657,683]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12153" refString="Aengals, R., Sathish Kumar, V. M., Palot, M. J. & Ganesh, S. R. (2018) A Checklist of Reptiles of India. Version 3.0. 35 pp. Online publication. Available from: http: // www. zsi. gov. in (accessed 24 April 2020)" type="book" year="2018">
|
||
Aengals
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF6F7FACFE993898" box="[252,304,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2018
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFE027FAFFDE83898" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[401,577,656,683]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther (1875)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
only mentioned Beddome as the collector of the types (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB647FAFFF6C38FC" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther 1875: 233</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Deraniyagala stated, erroneously, that “Günther’s name
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCD47F8BFC0F38FC" box="[839,934,693,719]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFCD47F8BFC0F38FC" box="[839,934,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
cannot be utilized for the latter [south Indian population], since it was employed by Beddome for another species (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFC507FE7FBD838C0" author="Wall, F." box="[963,1137,728,755]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref14306" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155." type="journal article" year="1909">Wall 1909: 153</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The name
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB6A7FE7FA2A38C0" box="[1273,1411,729,755]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">dakhunensis</emphasis>
|
||
is proposed for the Indian subspecies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDD37FC0FD493924" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1858" box="[576,736,765,791]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDD37FC0FD493924" box="[576,736,765,791]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.” He was expressly intending to create this as a nomen novum (or replacement name) for Indian populations (see Art. 13.1.3 ICZN 1999). Deraniyagala was obviously erroneous in this interpretation as, whatever may have been written by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFCC07E7BFC74396C" author="Wall, F." box="[851,989,837,863]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref14306" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155." type="journal article" year="1909">Wall (1909)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC787E78FAE4396C" authority="Gunther, 1875" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[1003,1357,836,863]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC787E78FB08396C" box="[1003,1185,837,863]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB397E7BFAE4396C" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[1194,1357,836,863]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther, 1875</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
would have had priority over any “
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE457E54FD5339B0" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" box="[470,762,873,899]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE457E54FD2939B0" box="[470,640,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
Beddome
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
”. So Deraniyagala should have had considered this “
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFADD7E54FEC73994" authority="Beddome" authorityName="Beddome" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFADD7E54FF5F3994" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
Beddome
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
” to be a primary homonym of Günther’s taxon, and thus permanently invalid.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFA947EB3FF4B39F8" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12769" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia, Colombo, xix + 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala (1955)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
embraced an obsolete concept of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDF77E8CFCDA39F8" authority="in Indian" authorityName="in Indian" box="[612,883,945,971]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDF77E8CFCAC39F8" box="[612,773,945,971]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
in Indian
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Peninsula that included supposedly synonymous taxa like
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF6F7EE8FDBB39DC" box="[252,530,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFF6F7EE8FE2239DC" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[252,395,981,1007]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">B. beddomei</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE067EE8FDBB39DC" box="[405,530,981,1007]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">B. nuchalis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDD47EE8FCAC39DC" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[583,773,981,1007]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDD47EE8FCAC39DC" box="[583,773,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. As he wrote, his replacement name at the subspecific level was correctly based on the types of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDB67EC4FD483E20" box="[549,737,1017,1043]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDB67EC4FD483E20" box="[549,737,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsias nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD637EC4FCA63E20" box="[752,783,1018,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">sic</emphasis>
|
||
, for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCD67EC4FC513E20" box="[837,1016,1017,1043]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFCD67EC4FC513E20" box="[837,1016,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). This is in accordance with Art. 72.7 of ICZN (1999). Because Deraniyagala mentioned characters diagnosing (Recommendation 13A, ICZN, 1999) the taxa of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE83797CFE733E68" box="[272,474,1089,1115]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE83797CFE733E68" box="[272,474,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
group between Western Ghats and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2BFFFDFCCC797FFC673E68" box="[863,974,1089,1115]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Sri Lanka</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and because he included
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB79797CFA353E68" box="[1258,1436,1089,1115]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB79797CFA353E68" box="[1258,1436,1089,1115]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the synonymy of his
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE0E7958FDC13E4C" box="[413,616,1125,1151]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE0E7958FDC13E4C" box="[413,616,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
account, this is an available name. Deraniyagala was in error in mentioning a single type, as Günther’s original description was based on five
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2BFFFDFC0879B7FC543E90" box="[923,1021,1161,1187]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB9879B7FB033E90" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[1035,1194,1160,1187]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther 1875</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB2679B7FA383E90" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[1205,1425,1161,1187]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref14417" 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="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFA8579B4FAEE3E90" box="[1302,1351,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Therefore, by virtue of Deraniyagala’s typification and of the definition of a
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC6B7990FB3C3EF4" box="[1016,1173,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">nomen novum</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB377990FE703ED8" authority="Deraniyagala, 1955" authorityName="Deraniyagala" authorityYear="1955" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="ceylonensis" subSpecies="dakhuensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB377990FF5E3ED8" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga ceylonensis dakhuensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFF6D79EFFE703ED8" author="Deraniyagala, P. E. P." box="[254,473,1232,1259]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref12769" refString="Deraniyagala, P. E. P. (1955) A colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon. Vol. 3. Serpentoid Reptilia, Colombo, xix + 121 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1439475" type="book" year="1955">Deraniyagala, 1955</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is deemed to be an objective junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC6A79ECFAFD3ED8" authority="Gunther, 1875" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1875" box="[1017,1364,1232,1259]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nuchalis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC6A79ECFB043ED8" box="[1017,1197,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsas nuchalis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB2079EFFAFD3ED8" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[1203,1364,1232,1259]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" pagination="224 - 234" refId="ref13192" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1875) Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1875, 224 - 234." type="journal article" year="1875">Günther, 1875</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
as per Art. 72.7 of ICZN (1999). Contrary to Deraniyagala’s misconception (also see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB8079CBFB053F3C" author="Sharma, R. C." box="[1043,1196,1269,1295]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref14046" refString="Sharma, R. C. (2004) Handbook Indian Snakes. Akhil Books, New Delhi, 292 pp." type="book" year="2004">Sharma 2004</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFB2B79CBFA3C3F3C" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." box="[1208,1429,1269,1295]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref14417" 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="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFA8979C8FAE53F3C" box="[1306,1356,1269,1295]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) Deraniyagala’s nomen is not a subspecies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFD1D7827FB2B3F00" authority="Gunther, 1858" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1858" box="[654,1154,1304,1331]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD1D7827FC7E3F00" box="[654,983,1305,1331]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2BFFFDFC4D7827FB2B3F00" author="Gunther, A. C. L. G." box="[990,1154,1304,1331]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" refId="ref13097" refString="Gunther, A. C. L. G. (1858) Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. Printed by the order of the Trustees of the British Museum, London, XVI + 281 pp." type="book" year="1858">Günther, 1858</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2BFFFDFF547803FC643F64" box="[199,973,1341,1367]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFDFF547803FC643F64" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" box="[199,973,1341,1367]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF547803FEE73F64" bold="true" box="[199,334,1341,1367]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
Named after its typical collar band on the nuchal region.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2BFFFDFF54785EFA913C44" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFDFF54785EFA913C44" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF54785EFDB63F48" bold="true" box="[199,543,1376,1403]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Diagnosis (redefined herein).</emphasis>
|
||
A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFD26785CFD513F48" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[693,760,1378,1403]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD26785CFD513F48" box="[693,760,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">Boiga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
endemic to southwestern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2BFFFDFB8F785FFBF13F48" box="[1052,1112,1377,1403]" name="India" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
, characterised by the following combination of characters: 21–23 midbody scale rows (vs.
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2BFFFDFCCB78BBFC383FAC" box="[856,913,1413,1439]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC0B78B8FB913FAC" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1858" box="[920,1080,1413,1439]" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ceylonensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC0B78B8FB913FAC" box="[920,1080,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. ceylonensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFBD478B8FB753FAC" box="[1095,1244,1413,1439]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFBD478B8FB753FAC" box="[1095,1244,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. thackerayi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB7978B8FADF3FAC" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1258,1398,1413,1439]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB7978B8FADF3FAC" box="[1258,1398,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFA1778B8FEB93FF0" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFA1778B8FEB93FF0" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. flaviviridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); vertebral scales strongly enlarged (vs. mildly enlarged in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC2B7894FB9D3FF0" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[952,1076,1449,1475]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC2B7894FB9D3FF0" box="[952,1076,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. barnesii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); venter brownish-grey and not yellowish in life (vs. yellowish-brown in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFDFC78F0FCAF3FD4" box="[623,774,1485,1511]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFDFC78F0FCAF3FD4" box="[623,774,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. thackerayi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC8578F0FC063FD4" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[790,943,1485,1511]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC8578F0FC063FD4" box="[790,943,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. flaviviridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; variable in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFBD278F0FAAB3FD4" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1089,1282,1485,1511]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFBD278F0FAAB3FD4" box="[1089,1282,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; dorsum predominantly brown (vs. green in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE6878CCFD3A3C38" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[507,659,1521,1547]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE6878CCFD3A3C38" box="[507,659,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. flaviviridis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; variable in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFC8D78CCFC753C38" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[798,988,1521,1547]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFC8D78CCFC753C38" box="[798,988,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. andamanensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); bars brown or reddish-brown (vs. bars black in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFF6A7B28FE263C1C" box="[249,399,1557,1583]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF6A7B28FE263C1C" box="[249,399,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. thackerayi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFE0C7B28FD853C1C" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[415,556,1557,1583]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="beddomei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFE0C7B28FD853C1C" box="[415,556,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. beddomei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); ventrolateral pattern with a series of spots on both tips of each ventral scale (vs. with alternate white and black blotches in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFD357B04FC6F3C60" box="[678,966,1593,1619]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFD357B04FC8D3C60" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1869" box="[678,804,1593,1619]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="barnesii">B. barnesii</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFCA37B04FC6F3C60" box="[816,966,1593,1619]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thackerayi">B. thackerayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
; without any pattern in
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB467B04FE863C44" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB467B04FA313C60" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[1237,1432,1593,1619]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andamanensis">B. andamanensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFF047B60FE863C44" authorityName="Vogel & Ganesh" authorityYear="2013" box="[151,303,1629,1655]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flaviviridis">B. flaviviridis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
); temporal larger than coastal body scale (vs. subequal to coastal body scale in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2BFFFDFB387B60FA8E3C44" baseAuthorityName="Boulenger" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[1195,1319,1629,1655]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dightoni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFB387B60FA8E3C44" box="[1195,1319,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">B. dightoni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2BFFFCFF547BBEFAB83AC9" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="314" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFDFF547BBEFB3C3D88" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF547BBEFC363CA8" bold="true" box="[199,927,1664,1691]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
Redescription of an adult male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2BFFFDFDAC7BBFFD323CA8" box="[575,667,1665,1691]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="syntype">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
(BMNH 74.4.29.935).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A medium-sized specimen reaching
|
||
<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2BFFFDFAAC7BBFFA343CA8" box="[1343,1437,1665,1691]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.0" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" unit="mm" value="900.0">900 mm</quantity>
|
||
total length, with slender habitus, thin neck, wide head; long tail (relative tail length 22 %); dorsal scale rows 21:21:15; rostral visible from above; preocular 1, subequal in size to loreal; postoculars 2; loreal 1; supralabials 8, with 3
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2BFFFDFF4D7BD2FF523D34" attach="none" box="[222,251,1772,1799]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">rd–</superScript>
|
||
5
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2BFFFDFE9B7BD2FEBC3CC9" attach="left" box="[264,277,1772,1786]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">th</superScript>
|
||
/ 4
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2BFFFDFEAA7BD2FEFC3D34" attach="none" box="[313,341,1772,1799]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">th–</superScript>
|
||
6
|
||
<superScript id="7C179BD6EB2BFFFDFEF17BD2FEC63CC9" attach="left" box="[354,367,1772,1786]" fontSize="6" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">th</superScript>
|
||
ones touching eye; infralabials 11, with 1–5 touching chin shields; temporals 13/14; preventral 1; ventrals 242, angulate laterally; cloacal 1; 105 subcaudals pairs. Dorsal colour brownish-grey, with 66 brownish crossbars on body; crossbars covering 2–4 scales in size, extending either sides up to 3–4 scale rows across; interspaces often with sparse dark dots; crown without any markings on top (rarely some dark shades present); a distinct postocular stripe up to the jaw angle; labials, chin and venter ashy brown, finely spotted with darker shade; venter bordered by a series of brown spots, covering both the terminal ends of every ventral scale.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2BFFFCFF547AFAFAB83AC9" blockId="12.[151,1437,152,2015]" lastBlockId="13.[151,1437,152,719]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="314" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2BFFFDFF547AFAFC2B3DEC" bold="true" box="[199,898,1988,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313">
|
||
Variation shown by other
|
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<typeStatus id="54D9883CEB2BFFFDFD967AFBFDC53DEC" box="[517,620,1989,2015]" pageId="12" pageNumber="313" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
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and referred material.
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</emphasis>
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Other specimens agreeing with the above syn- type in most aspects; showing the following intraspecific variations: snout to vent length
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(excluding juveniles); tail length
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<quantity id="4C9A9B7BEB2AFFFCFE1A7D82FDBA3AE4" box="[393,531,188,215]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.755" metricValueMax="2.57" metricValueMin="0.94" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" unit="mm" value="175.5" valueMax="257.0" valueMin="94.0">94–257 mm</quantity>
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; relative tail length: 18.7–22.5 %; (18)21/23–21/23–15(14) scale rows; temporals 10–15; ventrals 228–255; subcaudals 94–109 pairs; number of cross bars 45–89 on body, 7–36 on tail.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C3786515EB2AFFFCFF547C3AFF4938FC" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BDD369EEB2AFFFCFF547C3AFF4938FC" blockId="13.[151,1437,152,719]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF547C3AFDFC3B2C" bold="true" box="[199,597,260,287]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Distribution and natural history.</emphasis>
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This is perhaps the most common species of the genus
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<taxonomicName id="4C624D1DEB2AFFFCFB4E7C3BFA893B2D" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1826" box="[1245,1312,261,286]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFB4E7C3BFA893B2D" box="[1245,1312,261,286]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">Boiga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in the wet forests of southwestern
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. Often regarded as a rare and little-known species (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFBAF7C17FB063B70" author="Das, I." box="[1084,1199,297,323]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref12584" refString="Das, I. (2002) A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of India. New Holland Publ., London, 144 pp." type="book" year="2002">Das 2002</bibRefCitation>
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), it occurs at quite a widespread and sometimes disjunct range in southwestern
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<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2AFFFCFCAF7C72FCD03B55" box="[828,889,332,358]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">India</collectingCountry>
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. This species has been recorded throughout the Western Ghats (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFEDA7C4EFE693BB8" author="Wall, F." box="[329,448,368,395]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14332" refString="Wall, F. (1919) Notes on a collection of snakes made in the Nilgiri hills and the adjacent Wayanad. Journal of the Bombay" type="book" year="1919">Wall 1919</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFE5F7C4FFD2E3BB8" author="Inger, R. F. & Shaffer, H. B. & Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B." box="[460,647,368,395]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="551 - 570" refId="ref13334" refString="Inger, R. F., Shaffer, H. B., Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B. (1984) A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 81 (3), 551 - 570." type="journal article" year="1984">
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Inger
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFD9D7C4FFD963BB9" box="[526,575,368,394]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1984
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||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFD007C4FFC2E3BB8" author="Hutton, A. F. & David, P." box="[659,903,368,395]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="299 - 316" refId="ref13277" refString="Hutton, A. F. & David, P. (2009) Notes on a collection of snakes from south India, with emphasis on the snake fauna of the Megamalai Hills (High Wavy Mountains). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 105 (3), 299 - 316." type="journal article" year="2009">Hutton & David 2009</bibRefCitation>
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||
part; Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010; Ganesh
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFA1B7C4FFF043B9D" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2013) and even in Southern Eastern Ghats (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFD047CAAFC673B9D" author="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M." box="[663,974,404,431]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="7 - 24" refId="ref12813" refString="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M. (2016) Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 23 (1), 7 - 24." type="journal article" year="2016">Ganesh & Arumugam 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Ganesh
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFBA27CABFBC83B9D" box="[1073,1121,404,430]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2018). It has been precisely reported from Agasthyamalai (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFE787C87FD0C3BE0" author="Inger, R. F. & Shaffer, H. B. & Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B." box="[491,677,440,467]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="551 - 570" refId="ref13334" refString="Inger, R. F., Shaffer, H. B., Koshy, M. & Ramesh, B. (1984) A report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the Ponmudi, Kerala, South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 81 (3), 551 - 570." type="journal article" year="1984">
|
||
Inger
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFDBE7C87FDF73BE1" box="[557,606,440,466]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 1984
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Chandramouli & Ganesh 2010), Meghamalai and Anaiamalai (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFAF47C87FEC93BC4" author="Hutton, A. F. & David, P." pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="299 - 316" refId="ref13277" refString="Hutton, A. F. & David, P. (2009) Notes on a collection of snakes from south India, with emphasis on the snake fauna of the Megamalai Hills (High Wavy Mountains). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 105 (3), 299 - 316." type="journal article" year="2009">Hutton & David 2009</bibRefCitation>
|
||
part), Nilgiri-Wayanad (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFDE17CE2FD433BC4" author="Wall, F." box="[626,746,476,503]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14332" refString="Wall, F. (1919) Notes on a collection of snakes made in the Nilgiri hills and the adjacent Wayanad. Journal of the Bombay" type="book" year="1919">Wall 1919</bibRefCitation>
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||
), Malnad and Canara hills (Ganesh
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFBEB7CE3FB013BC5" box="[1144,1192,476,502]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2013) in the Western Ghats. In the Eastern Ghats, this species has been recorded from Shevaroys, Bilgiri, Melagiri, Kolli and Sirumalai hills (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFF467F1AFDA7380D" author="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M." box="[213,526,548,575]" pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="7 - 24" refId="ref12813" refString="Ganesh, S. R. & Arumugam, M. (2016) Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 23 (1), 7 - 24." type="journal article" year="2016">Ganesh & Arumugam 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
; Ganesh
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFDE07F1BFD0D380D" box="[627,676,548,574]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2018). We have observed it in Ponmudi, Karian Shola and Agumbe in Western Ghats and in Bilgiri, Melagiri, Shevaroys, Kolli and Sirumalai in the Eastern Ghats (Fig. 13). However, we refute its purported (historical) distribution in Himalayan foothills and parts of Northern Eastern Ghats (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFAF67F52FEE13898" author="Wallach, V. & Williams, K. L. & Boundy, J." pageId="13" pageNumber="314" refId="ref14417" 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="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFF5E7FAFFF573899" box="[205,254,656,682]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). We suggest that this species is absent from North
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F375760EEB2AFFFCFC167FAEFC163899" box="[901,959,656,682]" name="India" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
(also see Mohapatra
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFB3E7FAFFB773899" box="[1197,1246,656,682]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2010;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF34B6FEB2AFFFCFAA17FAFFF7D38FC" author="Das, A. & Mohapatra, P. P. & Purkayastha, J. & Sengupta, S. & Dutta, S. K. & Ahmed, F. & Tillack, F." pageId="13" pageNumber="314" pagination="161 - 178" refId="ref12698" refString="Das, A., Mohapatra, P. P., Purkayastha, J. Sengupta, S. Dutta, S. K., Ahmed, F. & Tillack, F. (2010) A contribution to Boiga gokool (Gray, 1835) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 17 (3), 161 - 178." type="journal article" year="2010">
|
||
Das
|
||
<emphasis id="B916EA8CEB2AFFFCFAF77FAFFA3C3899" box="[1380,1429,656,682]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="314">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2010
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |