plazi/treatments-xml
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Releases Activity
treatments-xml/data/E9/59/8B/E9598B66FFCEFFCDFCABCA43FA3CF95F.xml
maintenance 832aab0d96 added E9
2024-06-21 12:56:13 +02:00

397 lines
39 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="70FE080F975D0ACB50E3B97D65A6B873" ID-CLB-Dataset="293563" ID-DOI="10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/154229" ID-GBIF-Dataset="59dd71f0-051d-46df-9099-2a8398d5c7fc" ID-ISSN="2581-8686" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913849" IM.bibliography_approvedBy="julia" IM.illustrations_approvedBy="julia" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="julia" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_approvedBy="julia" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="julia" IM.treatments_approvedBy="julia" checkinTime="1712171461372" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Ganesh, S. R. &amp; Channakeshava Murthy, B. H." docDate="2022" docId="E9598B66FFCEFFCDFCABCA43FA3CF95F" docLanguage="en" docName="RecZoolSurvIndia.122.1.25-35.pdf" docOrigin="Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:30C78A88DFAFB68AE5A0604D5A6B2FFB.2:RecZoolSurvIndia.2017-.journal_article" docStyleId="30C78A88DFAFB68AE5A0604D5A6B2FFB" docStyleName="RecZoolSurvIndia.2017-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="2" docTitle="Teretrurus Beddome 1886" docType="treatment" docVersion="2" lastPageNumber="32" masterDocId="1560F31EFFCCFFCAFFE8CC38FFE6FFF1" masterDocTitle="Taxonomy of the shieldtail snake genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) with a revised key and remarks on the geographic gaps in the Western Ghats, Peninsular India" masterLastPageNumber="35" masterPageNumber="25" pageNumber="27" updateTime="1712947598891" updateUser="ExternalLinkService" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:mods id="2447312963ADEB93809C26A5B1204D2E" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="8D113DA9BD6D7F6630AC96857BA93620">
<mods:title id="1B720AD65B394F24E91EC82C3AB8C9D5">Taxonomy of the shieldtail snake genus Teretrurus Beddome, 1886 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) with a revised key and remarks on the geographic gaps in the Western Ghats, Peninsular India</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="21ADC09D46AAAADD6D2E7A255F2256E9" type="personal">
<mods:role id="CDED89AC198602D5D39329CD95F5A5EB">
<mods:roleTerm id="447B103B3508AE20CD60DB14428E3D0E">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="94012218175D40BB94C5A2652EBD8393">Ganesh, S. R.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="16BBDEC28EC72D492A196E977CEFE14D">Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan Post, Chennai - 600022, Tamil Nadu, India; Email: snakeranglerr @ gmail. com</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="94AF9AA44D0B10CC1AEE9D2A9FBA7CA0" type="personal">
<mods:role id="244032C9491CB1050C2E3739794E47D1">
<mods:roleTerm id="57BBE494701E6859A57651CACC94A4AF">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="BFC0DD566243745E4923F088D8FF03BA">Channakeshava Murthy, B. H.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="2B889DCB5B115E6F39D8F5FF516E8A6D">Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Station, Kozhikode - 673006, Kerala, India; Email: puttakeshava @ gmail. com</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="5981FDD0F00F7FF06B6D20D4DD8CFA54">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="FBC614F403F8761A4286D1B9FC91C8F7" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="0D508CA027E6337BF34959F26F5D96E9">
<mods:title id="75FEE8F1A7163F8904F1DEC04744FA61">Records of the Zoological Survey of India</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="E4D025A4A5369EDFBD2E7203560BE03F">
<mods:date id="98E49C870A69D11EDB9CDCDF02E49C65">2022</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="8B1E8B63735C4B761AC2BD42777420B5" type="volume">
<mods:number id="0B86B756FF2ED9596148038EAF2AB832">122</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="6EC69C019FFE56D86B7991CF32741203" type="issue">
<mods:number id="D94F4D1086574AADFA2EBA2A2E9F5E5F">1</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="8F10B0F85ADDFFFC41B59E892A5EBDA2" unit="page">
<mods:start id="6FD603F53CEFE2376855FFA3CE554806">25</mods:start>
<mods:end id="719EA29CE81607C76185DDDF182282D5">35</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="FB8FF397F57E0A5857F56ABBD5BE2DFC">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="FD5DE859E9D985F325F62DB1762AF359" type="CLB-Dataset">293563</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="8040F4DBA356DA3510F2EBC313CCA734" type="DOI">10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/154229</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="37CF8EBAC698136319F3D52C1BEB77B4" type="GBIF-Dataset">59dd71f0-051d-46df-9099-2a8398d5c7fc</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="4A593C41FCDA331ABA6AB8D91E349F42" type="ISSN">2581-8686</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="21A3FC3630A26ADBD1C081AE1E29EC2D" type="Zenodo-Dep">10913849</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="E9598B66FFCEFFCDFCABCA43FA3CF95F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10966817" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10966817" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E9598B66FFCEFFCDFCABCA43FA3CF95F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E9598B66FFCEFFCDFCABCA43FA3CF95F" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="32" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCEFFC8FCABCA43FB97F964" box="[835,1137,1659,1685]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCEFFC8FCABCA43FB97F964" blockId="2.[835,1137,1659,1685]" box="[835,1137,1659,1685]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<heading id="3A078D1CFFCEFFC8FCABCA43FB97F964" box="[835,1137,1659,1685]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" reason="4">
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCEFFC8FCABCA43FB97F964" ID-CoL="63VF4" ID-ENA="1545961" authority="Beddome, 1886" authorityName="Beddome" authorityYear="1886" box="[835,1137,1659,1685]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FCABCA43FC5BF964" bold="true" box="[835,957,1659,1685]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Teretrurus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCEFFC8FC2CCA43FB97F964" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[964,1137,1659,1685]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">Beddome, 1886</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCEFFC8FCABCA9FFABAF910" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCEFFC8FCABCA9FFA27F94B" blockId="2.[835,1473,1703,1722]" box="[835,1473,1703,1722]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCEFFC8FCABCA9FFC88F94B" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[835,878,1703,1722]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">1886</bibRefCitation>
.
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCEFFC8FC9DCA90FB17F94B" authority="Beddome, Acct. Earth Snakes Pen." box="[885,1265,1703,1722]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FC9DCA90FC2AF94B" box="[885,972,1704,1722]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Teretrurus</emphasis>
Beddome,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FBC4CA9FFBB6F94B" box="[1068,1104,1703,1722]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Acct</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FBB2CA9FFB17F94B" box="[1114,1265,1703,1722]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Earth Snakes Pen.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FB1DCA9FFA69F94B" box="[1269,1423,1703,1722]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
of
<collectingCountry id="19E77AE0FFCEFFC8FAE1CA9FFAD3F94B" box="[1289,1333,1703,1722]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">India</collectingCountry>
&amp;
<collectingCountry id="19E77AE0FFCEFFC8FAA7CA9FFA6DF94B" box="[1359,1419,1703,1722]" name="Sri Lanka" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Ceylon</collectingCountry>
.
</emphasis>
p. 28.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCEFFC8FCABCAF6FABAF910" blockId="2.[835,1472,1742,1871]" box="[835,1372,1742,1761]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
1921.
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCEFFC8FC9ECAF6FBA4F910" authority="Wall. J." authorityName="Wall. J." box="[886,1090,1742,1761]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Brachyophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FC9ECAF6FBE6F910" box="[886,1024,1742,1761]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Brachyophidium</emphasis>
Wall.
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FBDDCAF7FBA4F910" box="[1077,1090,1743,1761]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">J.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FBADCAF6FAE0F910" box="[1093,1286,1742,1761]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<collectingCountry id="19E77AE0FFCEFFC8FBADCAF6FB6FF910" box="[1093,1161,1742,1761]" name="India" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Bombay</collectingCountry>
Nat. Hist. Soc.
</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FAE6CAF6FAC5F910" bold="true" box="[1294,1315,1742,1761]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">28</emphasis>
: p. 41.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCEFFC8FCABCAD5FC64F8BE" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" type="type_taxon">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCEFFC8FCABCAD5FC64F8BE" blockId="2.[835,1472,1742,1871]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FCABCAD5FC28F8F6" box="[835,974,1773,1799]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">
<typeStatus id="BE4B84D2FFCEFFC8FCABCAD5FC91F8F7" box="[835,887,1773,1798]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Type</typeStatus>
Species
</emphasis>
:
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCEFFC8FC37CAD4FA77F8F7" authority="Beddome, 1867" authorityName="Beddome" authorityYear="1867" box="[991,1425,1772,1798]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FC37CAD4FB35F8F7" box="[991,1235,1772,1798]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">Plectrurus sanguineus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCEFFC8FB37CAD4FA77F8F7" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[1247,1425,1772,1798]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="14 - 16" refId="ref6894" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1867. Descriptions and figures of five new snakes from the Madras Presidency, Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Sciences, 11: 14 - 16." type="journal article" year="1867">Beddome, 1867</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(by subsequent designation;
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCEFFC8FB8CCB28FAFDF8DB" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[1124,1307,1808,1834]" pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">Beddome, 1886</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCEFFC8FAC4CB29FC9DF8BE" author="Pyron, R. A. &amp; Ganesh, S. R. &amp; Sayyed, A. &amp; Sharma, V. &amp; Wallach, V. &amp; Somaweera, R." pageId="2" pageNumber="27" pagination="453 - 506" refId="ref8414" refString="Pyron, R. A., Ganesh, S. R., Sayyed, A., Sharma, V., Wallach, V., and Somaweera, R. 2016. A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), Zoosystema, 38 (4): 453 - 506. https: // doi. org / 10.5252 / z 2016 n 4 a 2." type="journal article" year="2016">
Pyron
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCEFFC8FA96CB29FA55F8DB" box="[1406,1459,1808,1834]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="27">et al</emphasis>
., 2016
</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCFFFC9FF48CCEEFF3BFE40" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCFFFC9FF48CCEEFD89FEE5" blockId="3.[160,797,214,276]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
For the synonym,
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE6ACCEEFF30FEE5" authority="Wall, 1921" authorityName="Wall" authorityYear="1921" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Brachyophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodogaster">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE6ACCEEFD33FF01" box="[386,725,214,240]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Brachyophidium rhodogaster</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FD0CCCEEFF30FEE5" author="Wall, F." pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="41 - 42" refId="ref8863" refString="Wall, F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 41 - 42." type="journal article" year="1921">Wall, 1921</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(by original description;
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FE18CCC2FD81FEE5" author="Wall, F." box="[496,615,250,276]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="41 - 42" refId="ref8863" refString="Wall, F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 41 - 42." type="journal article" year="1921">Wall, 1921</bibRefCitation>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCFFFC9FF48CD13FF3BFE40" blockId="3.[160,800,299,433]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF48CD13FF1FFEB4" box="[160,249,299,325]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Content</emphasis>
: Four species viz.
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FDF8CD14FE89FE9B" authority="(Beddome, 1867)" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1867" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FDF8CD14FCFBFEB4" box="[528,797,300,325]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Teretrurus sanguineus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FF40CD77FE80FE9B" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[168,358,335,362]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="14 - 16" refId="ref6894" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1867. Descriptions and figures of five new snakes from the Madras Presidency, Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Sciences, 11: 14 - 16." type="journal article" year="1867">Beddome, 1867</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE6DCD68FD14FE9B" authority="(Beddome, 1876)" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[389,754,335,362]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE6DCD68FDF4FE98" box="[389,530,335,361]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. hewstoni</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FDC3CD77FD0DFE9B" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[555,747,335,362]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="701" refId="ref6927" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1876. Description of a new species Indian snake of the genus Platyplectrurus from the Wynad, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1876: 701. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1876. tb 02607. x." type="journal article" year="1876">Beddome, 1876</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FCE1CD68FDE5FE7F" authority="(Beddome, 1886)" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1886" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FCE1CD68FEDAFE7C" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. travancoricus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FEA1CD4BFE1DFE7F" author="Beddome, R. H." box="[329,507,371,398]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="3 - 33" refId="ref6982" refString="Beddome, R. H. 1886. An account of the earth-snakes of the peninsula of India and Ceylon, Annals and Magazines of Natural History, 17 (5): 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938609460106." type="journal article" year="1886">Beddome, 1886</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FDD2CD4CFCFBFE7C" authority="Wall, 1921" authorityName="Wall" authorityYear="1921" box="[570,797,371,397]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Brachyophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodogaster">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FDD2CD4CFD3BFE7C" box="[570,733,371,397]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. rhodogaster</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FD0CCD4BFCFBFE7C" author="Wall, F." box="[740,797,371,397]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" pagination="41 - 42" refId="ref8863" refString="Wall, F. 1921. A new snake of the family Uropeltidae, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 28: 41 - 42." type="journal article" year="1921">Wall,</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
1921.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCFFFC9FF48CDF0FE9AFC2A" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCFFFC9FF48CDF0FE9AFC2A" blockId="3.[160,799,456,987]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF48CDF0FE40FE13" box="[160,422,456,482]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Differential Diagnosis</emphasis>
: A genus of uropeltid snakes characterized by: absence of mental groove (vs. present in
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FF56CE28FE89FDDB" authorityName="Günther" authorityYear="1864" box="[190,367,528,554]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Melanophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF56CE28FE89FDDB" box="[190,367,528,554]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Melanophidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); presence of a distinct temporal scale (vs. absent in
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FEA9CE0CFD68FDBF" box="[321,654,564,590]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FEA9CE0CFE5CFDBF" authorityName="A.M.C.Duméril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1851" box="[321,442,564,590]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Plectrurus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE20CE0CFD68FDBF" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1890" box="[456,654,564,590]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Pseudoplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplectrurus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
); eye within an ocular scale (vs. eye distinct from surrounding scales in
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FF2ACE44FE96FD67" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1868" box="[194,368,636,662]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF2ACE44FE96FD67" box="[194,368,636,662]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Platyplectrurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); has midline contact between nasal scales (vs. absent in most
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE2FCE98FDDFFD4B" authorityName="Hemprich" authorityYear="1820" box="[455,569,672,698]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Rhinophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE2FCE98FDDFFD4B" box="[455,569,672,698]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Rhinophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and some
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FD5ECE98FF36FD2E" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Uropeltis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD5ECE98FCF9FD4B" box="[694,799,672,698]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Uropeltis</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
); 15 midbody scale rows (vs.
<quantity id="A6089795FFCFFFC9FDE6CEFDFD8CFD2F" box="[526,618,708,735]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.572" metricValueMax="4.826" metricValueMin="4.318" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="18.0" valueMax="19.0" valueMin="17.0">17-19 in</quantity>
most
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FD42CEFCFCFAFD2F" authorityName="Hemprich" authorityYear="1820" box="[682,796,708,734]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Rhinophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD42CEFCFCFAFD2F" box="[682,796,708,734]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Rhinophis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FF32CED0FE67FCF2" box="[218,385,744,771]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Uropeltis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF32CED0FEA5FCF3" box="[218,323,744,770]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Uropeltis</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
); tail compressed, simple, without a caudal disc (vs. tail rounded, ending in a truncate or convex caudal disc in
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE5ACF08FDFDFCBB" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1829" box="[434,539,816,842]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Uropeltis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE5ACF08FDFDFCBB" box="[434,539,816,842]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Uropeltis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FD89CF08FCF6FCBA" box="[609,784,816,843]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Rhinophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD89CF08FD35FCBB" box="[609,723,816,842]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Rhinophis</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
); tail tipending in a pointed structure, without lateral ridges (vs. tail tip ending in two bicuspid ridges in
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FF48CFA4FEF0FC47" authorityName="A.M.C.Duméril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1851" box="[160,278,924,950]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF48CFA4FEF0FC47" box="[160,278,924,950]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Plectrurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FECECFA4FE0AFC47" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1890" box="[294,492,924,950]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Pseudoplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FECECFA4FE0AFC47" box="[294,492,924,950]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Pseudoplectrurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; tail tip with lateral ridges in
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FF55CFF8FE8DFC2B" authorityName="Gunther" authorityYear="1868" box="[189,363,960,986]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF55CFF8FE8DFC2B" box="[189,363,960,986]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Platyplectrurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCFFFC9FF48CFCAFE65FB88" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCFFFC9FF48CFCAFE65FB88" blockId="3.[160,799,1010,1145]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF48CFCAFE88FBFD" box="[160,366,1010,1036]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Distribution range</emphasis>
: Western Ghats ranges viz. Waynad, Nilgiris, Anaimalai, Palni, Travancore / Agasthyamalai (
<collectingRegion id="A334F492FFCFFFC9FF40C802FF13FBA5" box="[168,245,1082,1108]" country="India" name="Kerala" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Kerala</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="A334F492FFCFFFC9FEE8C802FE61FBA5" box="[256,391,1082,1108]" country="India" name="Tamil Nadu" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Tamil Nadu</collectingRegion>
states), southwest
<collectingCountry id="19E77AE0FFCFFFC9FDB3C802FD70FBA5" box="[603,662,1082,1108]" name="India" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">India</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCFFFC9FD4DC802FEE6FB89" author="Wallach, V. &amp; Williams, K. L. &amp; Boundy, J." pageId="3" pageNumber="28" refId="ref8891" refString="Wallach, V., Williams, K. L. and Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA; p. 1237. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / b 16901." type="journal volume" year="2014">
Wallach
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FCE3C803FF52FB89" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">et al</emphasis>
., 2014
</bibRefCitation>
; this work).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="358F6AF8FFCFFFC9FF49CAEDFE1AF887" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913855" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913855" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913855/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" startId="3.[161,237,1749,1775]" targetBox="[160,797,1306,1727]" targetPageId="3" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCFFFC9FF49CAEDFE1AF887" blockId="3.[161,786,1749,1911]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FF49CAEDFEEEF901" bold="true" box="[161,264,1749,1776]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Preserved specimens of
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FDF3CAEEFD03F901" box="[539,741,1750,1776]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FDF3CAEEFD6BF91E" box="[539,653,1750,1775]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">Teretrurus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
:
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FEE6CACFFEC9F8E0" bold="true" box="[270,303,1783,1809]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">(a)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FEDDCAC0FDF3F8E3" authority="ZSI" authorityName="ZSI" box="[309,533,1783,1810]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FEDDCAC0FE03F8E0" box="[309,485,1784,1809]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. travancoricus</emphasis>
ZSI
</taxonomicName>
/WGRC/2135-6,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD39CACFFD12F8E0" bold="true" box="[721,756,1783,1809]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">(b)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FD12CAC0FE78F8C2" authority="ZSI" authorityName="ZSI" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD12CAC0FE89F8C2" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. hewstoni</emphasis>
ZSI
</taxonomicName>
/WGRC/3124,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FDACCB20FD85F8C3" bold="true" box="[580,611,1816,1842]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">(c)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FD82CB22FEB5F8A4" authority="CSPT" authorityName="CSPT" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FD82CB22FD18F8C2" box="[618,766,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. sanguineus</emphasis>
CSPT
</taxonomicName>
/S-10,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE7FCB02FE5CF8A5" bold="true" box="[407,442,1850,1876]" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">(d)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCFFFC9FE28CB03FD4EF8A4" authority="CSPT" authorityName="CSPT" box="[448,680,1850,1877]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Brachyophidium" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="3" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodogaster">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCFFFC9FE28CB03FDBBF8A5" box="[448,605,1850,1876]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="28">T. rhodogaster</emphasis>
CSPT
</taxonomicName>
/S-14. Photos: S. R. Ganesh.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="358F6AF8FFC8FFCEFCACCAF9FB8EF890" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913859" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913859" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913859/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" startId="4.[836,915,1729,1755]" targetBox="[835,1470,1157,1701]" targetPageId="4" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFC8FFCEFCACCAF9FB8EF890" blockId="4.[836,1469,1729,1890]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFCACCAF9FC4BF92A" bold="true" box="[836,941,1729,1755]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Holotype of
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC8FFCEFBD7CAF9FA8CF92A" authority="ZSI" authorityName="ZSI" box="[1087,1386,1729,1755]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Plecturus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="4" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scabricauda">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFBD7CAF9FADDF92A" box="[1087,1339,1729,1755]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">Plecturus scabricauda</emphasis>
ZSI
</taxonomicName>
6996 coll. from Anamallays:
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFB5BCADAFB32F90D" bold="true" box="[1203,1236,1762,1788]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(a)</emphasis>
entire view,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFA88CADAFA64F90D" bold="true" box="[1376,1410,1762,1788]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(b)</emphasis>
jar label,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFC19CB3CFBF7F8EF" bold="true" box="[1009,1041,1796,1822]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(c)</emphasis>
head right view,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFB27CB3CFB14F8EF" bold="true" box="[1231,1266,1796,1822]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(d)</emphasis>
head left view,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFA75CB3CFA5BF8EF" bold="true" box="[1437,1469,1796,1822]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(e)</emphasis>
head ventral view,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC8FFCEFB68CB1DFB79F8CE" bold="true" box="[1152,1183,1829,1855]" pageId="4" pageNumber="29">(f)</emphasis>
tail ventral view. Photos: N.S. Achyuthan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="358F6AF8FFC9FFCFFCB7CFCFFB9DFB87" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913861" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913861" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913861/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" startId="5.[863,939,1015,1041]" targetBox="[863,1496,215,995]" targetPageId="5" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFC9FFCFFCB7CFCFFB9DFB87" blockId="5.[863,1484,1015,1142]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFCB7CFCFFC21FBE0" bold="true" box="[863,967,1015,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Figure 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFC9FFCFFC25CFC0FB41FBE3" baseAuthorityName="Beddome" baseAuthorityYear="1876" box="[973,1191,1016,1042]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="5" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFC25CFC0FB41FBE3" box="[973,1191,1016,1042]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">Teretrurus hewstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: live colouration;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFA87CFCFFA76FBE0" bold="true" box="[1391,1424,1015,1041]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">(a)</emphasis>
head lateral view;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFBB2C821FB9BFBC2" bold="true" box="[1114,1149,1049,1075]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">(b)</emphasis>
entire dorsal view;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFABFC821FA91FBC2" bold="true" box="[1367,1399,1049,1075]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">(c)</emphasis>
entire lateral view,
<emphasis id="5384E662FFC9FFCFFBBFC802FB9CFBA5" bold="true" box="[1111,1146,1082,1108]" pageId="5" pageNumber="30">(d)</emphasis>
entire ventral view. Photos: Avrajjal Ghosh.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="358F6AF8FFCAFFCCFCABC817FA27FB7D" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913865" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913865" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913865/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="31" startId="6.[835,911,1071,1097]" targetBox="[835,1476,215,1046]" targetPageId="6" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCAFFCCFCABC817FA27FB7D" blockId="6.[835,1473,1071,1164]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFCABC817FC4DFBB8" bold="true" box="[835,939,1071,1097]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCAFFCCFC58C808FB5BFBB8" box="[944,1213,1072,1097]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="6" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFC58C808FB5BFBB8" box="[944,1213,1072,1097]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">Teretrurus travancoricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: live colouration;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFA6EC817FA41FBB8" bold="true" box="[1414,1447,1071,1097]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">(a)</emphasis>
entire dorsal view;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCAFFCCFB6CC868FB41FB9B" bold="true" box="[1156,1191,1104,1130]" pageId="6" pageNumber="31">(b)</emphasis>
entire ventral view. Photos: B.H.C.K. Murthy &amp; K.A. Subramanian.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="358F6AF8FFCBFFCDFCB4CF4FFAFEFC07" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10913869" ID-Zenodo-Dep="10913869" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10913869/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" startId="7.[860,936,887,913]" targetBox="[860,1499,217,869]" targetPageId="7" targetType="figure">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFCB4CF4FFAFEFC07" blockId="7.[860,1476,887,1015]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFCB4CF4FFC25FC60" bold="true" box="[860,963,887,913]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Figure 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFC21CF40FB25FC60" baseAuthorityName="Wall" baseAuthorityYear="1921" box="[969,1219,887,913]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodogaster">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFC21CF40FB25FC60" box="[969,1219,887,913]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Teretrurus rhodogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: live colouration;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFA63CF4FFA4AFC60" bold="true" box="[1419,1452,887,913]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">(a)</emphasis>
entire dorsolateral view; insets – underside of head and tail;
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFB8ECF82FB6FFC25" bold="true" box="[1126,1161,954,980]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">(b)</emphasis>
ventral view of hind body and tail. Photos: S. R. Ganesh.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="29EA69FBFFCBFFCDFCB5C8F8FA3CF95F" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" type="key">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFCB5C8F8FC0BFB0E" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<heading id="3A078D1CFFCBFFCDFCB5C8F8FC0BFB0E" centered="true" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" reason="4">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFCB5C8F8FAFCFB2A" bold="true" box="[861,1306,1216,1243]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
Revised key to the genus
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFB49C8F9FAFCFB2A" box="[1185,1306,1217,1243]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFB49C8F9FAFCFB2A" bold="true" box="[1185,1306,1217,1243]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">Teretrurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
(modified from
<bibRefCitation id="05614781FFCBFFCDFCB5C8DDFC03FB0E" author="Smith, M. A." box="[861,997,1253,1279]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" pagination="583" refId="ref8648" refString="Smith, M. A. 1943. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Vol-III Serpentes. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, UK; p. 583." type="book chapter" year="1943">Smith, 1943</bibRefCitation>
)
</heading>
</paragraph>
<key id="15616D41FFCBFFCDFCB5C931FA3CF95F" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyStep id="DA0422D5FFCBFFCDFCB5C931FA3FFA7E" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFCB5C931FC24FAB6" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFCB5C931FC24FAB6" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">I. Supraocular fused with ocular shield; prefrontals long;</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFC63C969FA3FFA7E" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFC63C969FA3FFA7E" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
Ventrals 131-146; venter uniform, unpatterned orange red ….….….….….….….….….
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFAD5C94DFA3FFA7E" box="[1341,1497,1397,1423]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rhodogaster">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFAD5C94DFA3FFA7E" box="[1341,1497,1397,1423]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">T. rhodogaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
</keyStep>
<keyStep id="DA0422D5FFCBFFCDFCB5C9A1FA3CF95F" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFCB5C9A1FC2CFA26" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFCB5C9A1FC2CFA26" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">II. Supraocular separated from ocular shield; prefrontals short;</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFC63C9D9FA3EF9EE" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFC63C9D9FA3EF9EE" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
Ventrals 120-128; venter orange with broad purplish brown blotches ….….….….….….….…...
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFAB3CA3DFA3EF9EE" box="[1371,1496,1541,1567]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Teretrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hewstoni">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFAB3CA3DFA3EF9EE" box="[1371,1496,1541,1567]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">T. hewstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFC63CA11FA3DF997" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFC63CA11FA3DF997" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
Ventrals 130-136; venter red with prominent black patches….….….….….….….…...…...
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFAC6CA75FA3DF997" box="[1326,1499,1613,1638]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Rhinophis" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancoricus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFAC6CA75FA3DF997" box="[1326,1499,1613,1638]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">T. travancoricus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="614F3A70FFCBFFCDFC63CA49FA3CF95F" blockId="7.[861,1499,1216,1711]" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
<keyLead id="DA019945FFCBFFCDFC63CA49FA3CF95F" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">
Ventrals 141-150; venter often uniform red, with a few black spots ….….….….….….….…...…
<taxonomicName id="A6F041F3FFCBFFCDFAAECAADFA3CF95F" box="[1350,1498,1685,1710]" class="Squamata" family="Uropeltidae" genus="Platyplectrurus" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sanguineus">
<emphasis id="5384E662FFCBFFCDFAAECAADFA3CF95F" box="[1350,1498,1685,1710]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="32">T. sanguineus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</keyLead>
</paragraph>
</keyStep>
</key>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>
Reference in a new issue View git blame Copy permalink