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1909 [
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(north and west of the Brahmaputra valley) (own observation;
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; Fleming, JR. & Fleming, SR. 1974;
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;
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Agarwal
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<emphasis box="[1381,1437,1437,1463]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">et al.</emphasis>
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2010
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;
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Wallach
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<emphasis box="[534,590,1473,1499]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">et al.</emphasis>
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2014
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Das, A. & Sharma, P. & Surendran, H. & Nath, A. & Gosh, S. & Dutta, D. & Mondol, J. & Wangdi, Y." box="[668,841,1473,1499]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="261 - 278" refId="ref22200" refString="Das, A., Sharma, P., Surendran, H., Nath, A., Gosh, S., Dutta, D., Mondol, J. & Wangdi, Y. (2016) Additions to the herpetofauna of Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan, with six new country records. Herpetology Notes, 9, 261 - 278." type="journal article" year="2016">
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Das
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<emphasis box="[718,775,1473,1499]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">et al.</emphasis>
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2016
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;
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).
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.
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mentioned that he has examined
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,
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), which is characterised by having 21 [midbody] scale rows, 218–252 ventrals and 100–119 subcaudals. He did not specify particular specimens by inventory number and with the exception of the British Museum (Natural History) he does not mention any other collection in which the type material could be deposited. However, it is documented through his publications (e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[1314,1431,1653,1679]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref27031" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 3 / i 2 / 1909 / 163268" type="journal article" year="1909">Wall 1909</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[151,208,1689,1715]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" refId="ref27110" refString="Wall, F. (1921) Ophidia Taprobanica or the snakes of Ceylon. H. R. Cottle, Government Printer, Colombo, 581 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53694" type="book" year="1921">1921</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) that he examined for his studies not only his own material but beside specimens from the British Museum also material from various collections in
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[630,688,1725,1751]" name="India" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
(e.g.,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[765,840,1725,1751]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[850,948,1725,1751]" name="India" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">Mumbai</collectingCountry>
|
||
, ZSI Kolkata, and St. Joseph’s College in Darjeeling). After his retirement in 1925 he presented parts his own collection, including type specimens, to the British Museum (Natural History) in London (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Smith, M. A." box="[681,819,1797,1824]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="113 - 114" refId="ref26414" refString="Smith, M. A. (1951) Frank Wall, 1868 - 1950. Copeia, 1951, 113 - 114. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1437539" type="journal article" year="1951">Smith 1951</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Based on information provided by Andrew Stimson, Curator of Herpetology at the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[491,575,1834,1860]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Kramer, E." box="[590,807,1833,1860]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="721 - 761" refId="ref24512" refString="Kramer, E. (1977) Zur Schlangenfauna Nepals. Review Suisse de Zoologie, 84, 721 - 761. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 91420" type="journal article" year="1977">Kramer (1977:735)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
was the first to mention inventory numbers for the type material of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[283,429,1869,1895]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[283,429,1869,1895]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">D. stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and regarded a series of
|
||
<specimenCount box="[718,902,1869,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" type="generic">eight specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
, i.e.,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[964,1048,1869,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
72.4.17.119, 72.4.17.386,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1352,1436,1869,1895]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
74.4.1193–94,
|
||
<collectionCode box="[319,403,1905,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
94.12.31.55, and
|
||
<date box="[608,722,1905,1932]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" value="1909-03-13">1909.3.13</date>
|
||
–15 as
|
||
<typeStatus box="[801,903,1905,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
. The
|
||
<specimenCount box="[965,1132,1905,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
mentioned by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[1301,1436,1905,1931]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref27031" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 3 / i 2 / 1909 / 163268" type="journal article" year="1909">Wall (1909)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and already considered by him as doubtful with respect to the locality “
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[932,1015,1941,1967]" name="Myanmar" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">Burma</collectingCountry>
|
||
“, refer to
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1121,1205,1942,1968]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
74.4.1193–1194 and were presented by
|
||
<collectionCode box="[361,380,1978,2004]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">R</collectionCode>
|
||
.H. Beddome (see also Introduction, and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[836,1001,1977,2003]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="711 - 735" refId="ref26998" refString="Wall, F. (1908) A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes, Part VIII. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 18, 711 - 735." type="journal article" year="1908">Wall 1908:714</bibRefCitation>
|
||
footnote;
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[1115,1279,1977,2003]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180" pagination="775 - 792" refId="ref27077" refString="Wall, F. (1910) A popular treatise on the common Indian snakes, Part XII. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 19, 775 - 792." type="journal article" year="1910">Wall 1910:791</bibRefCitation>
|
||
footnote). All aforementioned specimens are also marked as
|
||
<typeStatus box="[679,777,2013,2039]" pageId="29" pageNumber="180">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
in the inventory ledger of the herpetological collection of the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[192,276,151,177]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
, now NHM London. However, some other specimens must also be regarded as part of the original series of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[182,326,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[182,326,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">D. stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, since they came from “Darjeeling“ and where part of Wall´s donation to the collection in London, registered in 1930, viz.
|
||
<collectionCode box="[415,499,223,249]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
1930.5.8.648–649, 1930.5.8.650, and 1930.5.5.651. Thus, the material in the NHM London alone represents only a portion of the original specimens examined by Wall. Therefore, we also consider specimens in Indian collections as potential type material of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[845,991,295,321]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Boiga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[845,991,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">D. stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that could have been available to Wall if the temporal context, locality, and morphological characters are consistent with those in his original description. Putative
|
||
<typeStatus box="[253,351,367,393]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
that fit Wall’s diagnosis, were collected in the “neighbourhood of Darjiling”, and which were already in the respective collection prior to 1909 include
|
||
<collectionCode box="[826,901,403,429]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">BNHS</collectionCode>
|
||
1772 from “Tindharia” (~
|
||
<quantity box="[1210,1287,403,429]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" unit="km" value="20.0">20 km</quantity>
|
||
southeast of Darjeeling), and
|
||
<collectionCode box="[340,402,439,465]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">ZSIK</collectionCode>
|
||
7869, 7873, 7878, 8476 and 11367 all from “Darjeeling”.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,151,573]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">
|
||
In agreement with Art. 74.7 of the Code, we here designate
|
||
<collectionCode box="[854,938,475,501]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
94.12.31.55 (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1090,1180,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="30.[151,250,1982,2006]" captionTargetBox="[215,1372,597,1959]" captionTargetId="figure-244@30.[215,1372,597,1959]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 17. Lectotype of Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall (BMNH 94.12.31.55).A. dorsal view; B. ventral view. See text for details. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photos by FT." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896999" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7896999/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<figureCitation box="[1232,1261,475,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1608,1632]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1584]" captionTargetId="figure-22@31.[151,1435,181,1584]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 18. Lectotype of Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall (BMNH 94.12.31.55).A. dorsal view of head; B. right lateral view of head; C. left lateral view of head; D. ventral view of head. Scale bar = 1 cm. Photos by FT, line drawings by MOS." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7897001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7897001/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">18</figureCitation>
|
||
) as
|
||
<typeStatus box="[1304,1407,475,501]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wall, 1909" authorityName="Wall" authorityYear="1909" box="[151,589,511,537]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[151,461,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Wall, F." box="[467,589,511,537]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" pagination="151 - 155" refId="ref27031" refString="Wall, F. (1909) Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Records of the Indian Museum, 3, 151 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.26515 / rzsi / v 3 / i 2 / 1909 / 163268" type="journal article" year="1909">Wall, 1909</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to introduce a standard of application for the species group name
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wall" authorityName="Wall" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1326,1436,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
Wall
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by a single name-bearer.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896999" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7896999" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7896999/files/figure.png" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" startId="30.[151,250,1982,2006]" targetBox="[215,1372,597,1959]" targetPageId="30" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="30.[151,1437,1982,2043]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,287,1982,2006]" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
|
||
Lectotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wall" authorityName="Wall" box="[427,760,1983,2007]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="30" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[427,707,1983,2007]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="181">Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
Wall
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(BMNH 94.12.31.55). A. dorsal view; B. ventral view. See text for details. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photos by FT.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7897001" ID-Zenodo-Dep="7897001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7897001/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" startId="31.[151,250,1608,1632]" targetBox="[151,1435,181,1584]" targetPageId="31" targetType="figure">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="31.[151,1436,1608,1668]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,287,1608,1632]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
|
||
Lectotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Wall" authorityName="Wall" box="[427,759,1608,1632]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dipsadomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="stoliczkae">
|
||
<emphasis box="[427,707,1608,1632]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae</emphasis>
|
||
Wall
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(BMNH 94.12.31.55). A. dorsal view of head; B. right lateral view of head; C. left lateral view of head; D. ventral view of head. Scale bar = 1 cm. Photos by FT, line drawings by MOS.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="31.[151,1437,1714,2029]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937301" collectionCode="BMNH" country="India" location="Darjeeling" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCode="BMNH 94.12" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="West Bengal" typeStatus="lectotype">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,324,1714,1740]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">
|
||
<typeStatus box="[199,319,1714,1740]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
<specimenCode box="[332,489,1714,1741]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BMNH 94.12</specimenCode>
|
||
.31.55 (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[571,663,1714,1740]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="30.[151,250,1982,2006]" captionTargetBox="[215,1372,597,1959]" captionTargetId="figure-244@30.[215,1372,597,1959]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 17. Lectotype of Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall (BMNH 94.12.31.55).A. dorsal view; B. ventral view. See text for details. Scale bar = 10 cm. Photos by FT." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7896999" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7896999/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Figs. 17</figureCitation>
|
||
and
|
||
<figureCitation box="[717,747,1714,1740]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1608,1632]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,181,1584]" captionTargetId="figure-22@31.[151,1435,181,1584]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 18. Lectotype of Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall (BMNH 94.12.31.55).A. dorsal view of head; B. right lateral view of head; C. left lateral view of head; D. ventral view of head. Scale bar = 1 cm. Photos by FT, line drawings by MOS." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7897001" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7897001/files/figure.png" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">18</figureCitation>
|
||
), an adult male from “
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4C1F879DAA02452DFF53FB31FD258D81:C1696050AA004512FC22F901FBC38CB5" box="[998,1121,1714,1740]" country="India" name="Darjeeling" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" stateProvince="West Bengal">Darjeeling</location>
|
||
” (
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[1148,1351,1714,1741]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">West Bengal state</collectingRegion>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[1362,1424,1714,1740]" name="India" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">India</collectingCountry>
|
||
), presented by William Thomas Blanford.
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="31.[151,1437,1714,2029]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937324" box="[199,1377,1786,1813]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCode="BMNH 72.4" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,375,1786,1812]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">
|
||
<typeStatus box="[199,375,1786,1812]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<specimenCode box="[394,541,1786,1813]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BMNH 72.4</specimenCode>
|
||
.17.119 and 72.4.17.386, both females from „Darjeeling“, presented by
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1389,1404,1787,1813]" name="Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">T</collectionCode>
|
||
.C. Jerdon;
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937314" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Myanmar" location="Eastern Himalayas" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<collectionCode box="[240,324,1823,1849]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
74.4.1193–1194, both females from „
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[742,823,1822,1848]" name="Myanmar" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Burma</collectingCountry>
|
||
“ [in error, most probably from the
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4C1F879DAA02452DFF53FB31FD258D81:C1696050AA004512FB7EF8ACFA338D41" box="[1210,1425,1822,1849]" country="Myanmar" name="Eastern Himalayas" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Eastern Himalayas</location>
|
||
], presented by
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<collectionCode box="[305,324,1859,1885]" country="Chile" name="Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">R</collectionCode>
|
||
.H. Beddome;
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937315" box="[492,1339,1858,1885]" collectingDate="1909-03-13" collectionCode="BMNH" country="Myanmar" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<collectionCode box="[492,576,1859,1885]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
<date box="[586,702,1858,1885]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" value="1909-03-13">
|
||
<collectingDate box="[586,702,1858,1885]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" value="1909-03-13">1909.3.13</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
–15, halfgrown,
|
||
<specimenCount box="[888,1014,1858,1885]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" type="female">one female</specimenCount>
|
||
and two with unknown sex
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937313" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="F. Wall" country="Myanmar" location="Darjeeling" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1352,1436,1859,1885]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
1930.5.8.648–649, two skulls, 1930.5.8.650, genitals, and 1930.5.5.651, three vertebrae, all from „
|
||
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:4C1F879DAA02452DFF53FB31FD258D81:C1696050AA004512FAD3F8D5FA318DF9" box="[1303,1427,1894,1920]" country="Myanmar" name="Darjeeling" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">Darjeeling</location>
|
||
“ collected and presented by
|
||
<collectorName box="[457,541,1930,1957]" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">F. Wall</collectorName>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937303" box="[552,1363,1930,1957]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="Myanmar" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCode="BNHS 1772" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<specimenCode box="[552,693,1930,1956]" collectionCode="BNHS" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8g20-8f2r" name="Bombay Natural History Society" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">BNHS 1772</specimenCode>
|
||
, a female from „Tindharia, Darjeeling“, collector unknown
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="4090937308" collectionCode="ZSIK" country="Myanmar" pageId="31" pageNumber="182" specimenCode="ZSIK 7869" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paralectotype">
|
||
<specimenCode collectionCode="ZSIK" pageId="31" pageNumber="182">ZSIK 7869</specimenCode>
|
||
, male, 7873, 7878, 8476 and 11367 all females from „Darjeeling“ collected and presented by British botanist George Alexander Gammie (1864–1935)
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="32" pageNumber="183" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,533,150,177]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">
|
||
Description of the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[419,528,151,177]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">lectotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Adult male, indicated by the presence of hemipenes; 1/1 loreal, wider than high; nasal scale completely divided; 1/1 preocular; 1/1 supraocular; 2/2 postoculars, upper not reaching onto top of head; 2 prefrontals; 2/2 anterior and 2/3 posterior temporals; supralabials 8/8, 3
|
||
<superScript attach="none" box="[1006,1020,222,236]" fontSize="6" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">rd</superScript>
|
||
–5
|
||
<superScript attach="left" box="[1048,1061,222,236]" fontSize="6" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">th</superScript>
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supralabials entering eye; 11/11 infralabials, first four in contact with anterior chin shields; 21 dorsal scales in 19-19-15 rows, smooth with single tiny apical pits on body and single or paired apical pits on dorsocaudal scales; vertebral scale row significantly enlarged; no preventral; 235 ventrals; cloacal plate entire; 111 paired subcaudal scales. Body slender; tail long (TL/ SVL 0.282); SVL
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; TL
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; head length measured from tip of snout to posterior border of parietals
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, head length measured from tip of snout to posterior edge of mandible
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, head width 13.0 mm; diameter eye
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; distance anterior border eye to tip of snout
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.
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Maxillary bone with 10/11 prediastemal teeth, followed by a very distinct diastema which is 125% longer than the socket of the last prediastemal tooth and followed by two distinctly enlarged, grooved and posteriorly bent postdiastemal teeth. Prediastemal teeth slightly decrease in size posteriorly, the anterior two distinctly posteriorly hooked, the following with less pronounced curvature. On the left side, prediastemal teeth number one, three, five and seven missing, teeth six and eight broken, tooth nine and first postdiastemal tooth loose. On the right side, prediastemal teeth two, four, six, eight, 10 and first postdiastemal tooth loose. Medial to each maxillary tooth is a single replacement tooth at different growth stages.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Palatine bone with 6/6 posteriorly curved teeth, shorter that the prediastemal teeth and slightly decreasing in size posteriorly. Anterior two teeth missing on left side. Tooth two missing on the right side. Lateral to each palatine tooth is a single replacement tooth at different growth stages.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Pterygoid bone with 10/10 posteriorly curved teeth, shorter than the palatine tooth, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly. Teeth two, four, six and eight loose on left side. Teeth two, four, six, seven and nine loose on right side. The posterior 49% of the pterygoid bone are without teeth.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Mandibular bone with 17/17 posteriorly curved teeth, shorter than maxillary teeth, gradually decreasing in size posteriorly. Medial to each mandibular tooth is a single replacement tooth in different growth stages. Teeth one and two broken, teeth two, four, six, seven, nine, 11, 13 and 15 loose, and tooth 16 missing on left side. Teeth two, four, six, eight and nine loose, teeth 11, 13, and 15 missing on right side.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,150,1182]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Coloration after about 130 years preservation in ca. 70% ethanol was recorded as follows: Dorsal ground color Cinnamon-Drab (Color 50) with Sepia (286) interstitial skin; dorsal head with same ground color as dorsal body, upper and lower labials Light Buff (2). Venter of head, body and tail Light Buff (2) without markings.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,505,1227,1253]" box="[151,505,1227,1253]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Dorsal scale reduction formula.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1054,1294,1393]" box="[277,946,1294,1321]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">– 10+V(147) 3+4(152) – 8+V(192)</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1054,1294,1393]" box="[151,1054,1330,1357]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">(10)21 ----------- 20 ------------- 19 ----------- 17 ------------ 16 ------------ 15(235).</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1054,1294,1393]" box="[235,905,1366,1393]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">3+4(142) – 3+4(152) 8+V(187) –</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,312,1438,1464]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Variation</emphasis>
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.
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<typeStatus box="[324,487,1438,1464]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Paralectotypes</typeStatus>
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and additional examined material agree well with the
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<typeStatus box="[1081,1184,1438,1464]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">lectotype</typeStatus>
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in general appearance, morphometrics and scalation (
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<tableCitation box="[491,573,1474,1500]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,243,603,629]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="TABLE 1. Selected measurements and proportions of the taxa of Boiga related to B. multomaculata. Range is followed by mean value and standard deviation in parentheses. Abbreviations: m. = multomaculata; multom. = multomaculata; ochr. = ochracea; sept. = septentrionalis." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/90C96603AA1B4509FF53FDE8FB5B88E0" pageId="32" pageNumber="183" tableUuid="90C96603AA1B4509FF53FDE8FB5B88E0">Table 1</tableCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,1438,2040]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Variation in dentition. Nine to 14 prediastemal teeth followed by a distinct diastema and two enlarged grooved postdiastemal teeth; five to eight palatine, nine to 15 pterygoid, and 15 to 21 dental teeth.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,1438,2040]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">
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Variation in live coloration and pattern. Only a unicolored morph is known (
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<figureCitation box="[1060,1144,1582,1608]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="33.[151,250,626,650]" captionTargetBox="[152,1436,181,602]" captionTargetId="figure-22@33.[152,1436,181,602]" captionTargetPageId="33" captionText="FIGURE 19. Boiga stoliczkae in life. A. WIIAD 858, unsexed specimen from Royal Manas NP, Bhutan; B. ZMB 73660, a female from Naudanda, Kaski, Nepal, 1300 m a.s.l. Photo by AD (A) and FT (B)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7897003" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7897003/files/figure.png" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
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). The dorsal ground color may vary from Cinnamon (255) or Cinnamon-Rufous (31) to Tawny (60) in adults or Gem Ruby (65) in young individuals. Rarely a faint Cinnamon Brown (43) streak is running from the posterior border of the eye to the angle of the mouth. In some individuals a small faint banded dorsal body pattern is visible, which is caused by the Medium Neutral Grey (298) interstitial skin. Lower half of supralabials, infralabials, throat and first third of ventral body Pale Buff (1) or Chamois (84), rest of venter and tail Yellow Ocher (14) or Tawny Olive (17). Iris resembling the dorsal ground color of body and can vary from Cinnamon (255) to Gem Ruby (65); pupil Sepia (286).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="32.[151,1437,1438,2040]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,392,1834,1860]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Natural History</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis box="[408,594,1834,1860]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Boiga stoliczkae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is mostly semiarboreal, crepuscular and nocturnal. It is known to inhabit open forest
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<typeStatus box="[281,343,1871,1897]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">types</typeStatus>
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, agricultural land, human habitations, and gardens, where it is found on low vegetation, bushes and walls. The altitudinal distribution ranges from lowlands, mid hills and submontane regions, from around
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up to
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a.s.l. It is reported to feed on birds, their eggs, lizards, snakes (
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Blyth" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[976,1214,1942,1968]" class="Reptilia" family="Natricidae" genus="Trachischium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="32" pageNumber="183" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscum">
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<emphasis box="[976,1214,1942,1968]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">Trachischium fuscum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), and small rodents (our observations;
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Shaw
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<emphasis box="[427,483,1978,2004]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="183">et al.</emphasis>
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1941
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Greene, H. W." box="[558,704,1978,2004]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183" pagination="193 - 207" refId="ref23411" refString="Greene, H. W. (1989) Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of feeding biology in old world cat snakes, genus Boiga (Colubridae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 46, 193 - 207." type="journal article" year="1989">Greene 1989</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation author="Tillack, F." box="[714,858,1978,2004]" pageId="32" pageNumber="183" pagination="1 - 2" refId="ref26678" refString="Tillack, F. (1999) Das Portrait: Boiga ochracea stoliczkae. Sauria, 21, 1 - 2." type="journal article" year="1999">Tillack 1999</bibRefCitation>
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;
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; Jha & Thapa K. 2002;
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<bibRefCitation author="Shah, K. B. & Tiwari, S." pageId="32" pageNumber="183" refId="ref26097" refString="Shah, K. B. & Tiwari, S. (2004) Herpetofauna of Nepal: A conservation companion. IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu, viii + 237." type="book" year="2004">Shah & Tiwari 2004</bibRefCitation>
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;
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;
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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