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Maximum Likelihood tree based on Cytb, ND4 and 16S genes, showing the phylogenetic position of Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) comb. nov. (red), with respect to other congeners, especially the A. prasina complex (blue, green, purple and brown)." captionText-1="Fig. 2. The bPTP output trees generated from three mitochondrial loci ML trees. Blue coloured branches and black bars indicate monophyly of that lineage, where validity of lineages is further ascertained with genetic divergence (genetic p-distance) and geographic isolation. The grey bars indicate the genetic distance (G1) and geographic isolation (G2) among lineages. The values on clades indicate the posterior probability. The A. prasina complex (Lineage 1 and Lineage 2) from northeast India shows a very low genetic divergence with continuous geographic distribution." captionText-2="Fig. 3. Dryophis prasinus var. flavescens Wall, 1910, lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58). Entire profile, dorsal and ventral views. Photo: ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." captionText-3="Fig. 4. Dryophis prasinus var. flavescens Wall, 1910, paralectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.59). Entire profile, dorsal and ventral views. Photo: ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." captionText-4="Fig. 5. Dryophis prasinus var. flavescens Wall, 1910, lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58). Head close-up showing the divided 4th supralabial on right side, a unique identifying character in ascertaining its type status. Photo: ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." captionText-5="Fig. 6. Dryophisprasinusvar. flavescensWall, 1910,lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58)and paralectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.59). Jar label. Photo: ©The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London." captionText-6="Fig. 7. Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) comb. nov. Live uncollected specimens from Arunachal Pradesh, showing the unusual buff or yellowish-brown colouration. Photo: Bharat Bhushan Bhatt." captionText-7="Fig. 8. Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) comb. nov. Live uncollected specimen from Mizoram, showing the usual green colouration which is dominant in this species. Photo: Ajay Karthik." captionText-8="Fig. 9. 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.
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F9F84EBA2C66" box="[189,499,1631,1657]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Dryophis prasinus indicus</emphasis>
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. (by implication).
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F9074EC52CA5" box="[189,396,1696,1722]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Dryophis prasina</emphasis>
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– 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FE14F9074DCF2CA4" author="Gunther A. C. L. G." box="[425,646,1696,1723]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" refId="ref11169" refString="Gunther A. C. L. G. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 4. Printed by order of Trustees, London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 13272" type="book" year="1858">Günther 1858: 159</bibRefCitation>
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(part).
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F9634EC32CC2" box="[189,394,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Tragops prasinus</emphasis>
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– 
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. — 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FD0AF9644CEE2CC1" author="Theobald W." box="[695,935,1731,1758]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" refId="ref12369" refString="Theobald W. 1876. Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. The Indian Museum, Calcutta. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5483" type="book" year="1876">Theobald 1876: 191</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFF15176FF00F9404EDE2D1F" authorityName="Boie" authorityYear="1827" box="[189,407,1767,1793]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="prasinus">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F9404EDE2D1F" box="[189,407,1767,1793]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Dryophis prasinus</emphasis>
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– 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FE09F9404DE62D1E" author="Boulenger G. A." box="[436,687,1767,1793]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" refId="ref10643" refString="Boulenger G. A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5490" type="book" year="1890">Boulenger 1890: 369</bibRefCitation>
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; 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FD06F9404C782D1E" author="Boulenger G. A." box="[699,817,1767,1793]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" refId="ref10687" refString="Boulenger G. A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III, Containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae and Viperidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8316" type="book" year="1896">1896: 180</bibRefCitation>
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(part).
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F88F4EDE2D5D" box="[189,407,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Dryophis prasinus</emphasis>
‘forma typica’
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(non H. Boie in F. 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FC9AF88F4CE02D5D" author="Boie F." box="[807,937,1832,1858]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" pagination="508 - 566" refId="ref10587" refString="Boie F. 1827. Bemerkungen uber Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20 (6): col. 508 - 566. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 26453570 [accessed 24 Aug. 2022]." type="journal article" year="1827">Boie, 1827</bibRefCitation>
) – 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FC72F88F4BDD2D5C" author="Wall F." box="[975,1172,1832,1859]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" pagination="337 - 357" refId="ref12535" refString="Wall F. 1909 a. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (2): 337 - 357. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 33733" type="journal article" year="1909">Wall 1909a: 354</bibRefCitation>
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; 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FB22F88F4A6E2D5D" author="Wall F." box="[1183,1319,1832,1858]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" pagination="3" refId="ref12578" refString="Wall F. 1909 b. Notes on snakes collected in the Jalpaiguri district. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (3): 897 - 700. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 220519 [accessed 1 Jul. 2022]." type="journal article" year="1909">1909b: 898</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
; 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FA89F88F4E522D7A" author="Wall F." pageId="13" pageNumber="133" pagination="825 - 845" refId="ref12631" refString="Wall F. 1910. Notes on snakes collected in upper Assam. Part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 825 - 845. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 28012 # page / 939 / mode / 1 up" type="journal article" year="1910">1910: 834</bibRefCitation>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF15176FF00F8C94C812D96" blockId="13.[189,1399,1832,1929]" box="[189,968,1902,1929]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFF15176FF00F8C94D5C2D97" authorityName="Wall" authorityYear="1910" box="[189,533,1902,1928]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="prasinus" subSpecies="flavescens">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF15176FF00F8C94D5C2D97" box="[189,533,1902,1928]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="133">Dryophis prasinus flavescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(nec Smith, 1914) – 
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFF15176FCB1F8C94C8D2D96" author="Wall F." box="[780,964,1902,1929]" pageId="13" pageNumber="133" pagination="825 - 845" refId="ref12631" refString="Wall F. 1910. Notes on snakes collected in upper Assam. Part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 825 - 845. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 28012 # page / 939 / mode / 1 up" type="journal article" year="1910">Wall 1910: 834</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF25175FF04FDB14B29282D" blockId="14.[185,1120,534,562]" box="[185,1120,534,562]" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF25175FF04FDB14E65282D" bold="true" box="[185,300,534,562]" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">Table 5a.</emphasis>
Interspecific genetic distance (
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF25175FD24FDB14DF8282D" box="[665,689,534,562]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">p-</emphasis>
distance) estimated from Cytb locus.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF25175FF04FBDE4B2B2E8A" blockId="14.[185,1122,1145,1173]" box="[185,1122,1145,1173]" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF25175FF04FBDE4E642E8A" bold="true" box="[185,301,1145,1173]" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">Table 5b.</emphasis>
Interspecific genetic distance (
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF25175FD27FBDE4DFB2E8A" box="[666,690,1145,1173]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="134">p-</emphasis>
distance) estimated from ND4 locus.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF35174FF00FEAE4B1E2B3C" blockId="15.[189,1111,265,291]" box="[189,1111,265,291]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FF00FEAE4E672B3C" bold="true" box="[189,302,265,291]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">Table 5c.</emphasis>
Interspecific genetic distance (
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FD26FEAD4DFA2B3C" box="[667,691,266,291]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">p-</emphasis>
distance) estimated from 16S locus.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF35174FF00FC164B1629D4" blockId="15.[189,1119,945,971]" box="[189,1119,945,971]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FF00FC164E7829D4" bold="true" box="[189,305,945,971]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">Table 5d.</emphasis>
Interspecific genetic distance (
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FD23FC154DFF29D4" box="[670,694,946,971]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">p-</emphasis>
distance) estimated from COI locus.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFF35174FF00FA494B1E2C19" blockId="15.[189,1111,1516,1542]" box="[189,1111,1516,1542]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FF00FA494E642C19" bold="true" box="[189,301,1516,1542]" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">Table 5e.</emphasis>
Interspecific genetic distance (
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFF35174FD27FA4A4DFB2C19" box="[666,690,1517,1542]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="135">p-</emphasis>
distance) estimated from 12S locus.
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<heading id="D08F6D6FFFEC516BFF00FEAF4E802B3D" bold="true" box="[189,457,264,290]" fontSize="11" level="3" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" reason="3">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FEAF4E802B3D" bold="true" box="[189,457,264,290]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Differential diagnosis</emphasis>
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A species of 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFEEBFE904E812B4E" box="[342,456,311,337]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Ahaetulla</emphasis>
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inhabiting Northeast 
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, defined by the following combination of characters: dorsal scales in 15:15:11–13 smooth rows (vs 13 midbody rows of keeled scales in 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFB25FEFD4A7B2B6B" box="[1176,1330,346,372]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Proahaetulla</emphasis>
Link, 1807
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); rostral appendage absent (vs present in the 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFD43FED94C252B88" box="[766,876,382,408]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. nasuta</emphasis>
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group and 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFC50FED94BEB2B88" box="[1005,1186,381,408]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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groups); presence of a pair of white ventrolateral stripes throughout the body (vs absence of ventrolateral stripes in the 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF02FE634E262BC1" box="[191,367,452,478]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A.pulverulenta</emphasis>
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group); dorsum usually greenish (vs usually brownish in both sexes in the 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFB7FFE634A3F2BC1" box="[1218,1398,452,478]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pulverulenta">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFB7FFE634A3F2BC1" box="[1218,1398,452,478]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF4FFE404EC2281E" box="[242,395,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. laudankia</emphasis>
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groups; usually brown in females, in 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFCE3FE404B9A281E" authority="(Annandale, 1906)" baseAuthorityName="Annandale" baseAuthorityYear="1906" box="[862,1235,487,513]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anomala">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFCE3FE404CA0281E" box="[862,1001,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. anomala</emphasis>
(Annandale, 1906)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFB58FE404D4B283A" authority="(Dumeril &amp; Bibron, 1854)" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1854" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perrotetii">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFB58FE404A3E281E" box="[1253,1399,487,513]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. perrotetii</emphasis>
(Duméril &amp; Bibron, 1854)
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFDAFFDAC4DCB283B" box="[530,642,522,549]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. dispar</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFC33FDAC4B02283B" box="[910,1099,523,549]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. travancorica</emphasis>
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); crown uniform and unpatterned (vs crown with black markings and reticulations in 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFE12FDF64D7F2874" box="[431,566,593,619]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. anomala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFDFAFDF64A3E2874" authority="Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta &amp; Mohapatra, 2019" authorityName="Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta &amp; Mohapatra" authorityYear="2019" box="[583,1399,593,619]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laudankia">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFDFAFDF64D962874" box="[583,735,593,619]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. laudankia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFF4CFDD34EC12891" baseAuthorityName="Fischer" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[241,392,628,654]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciolata">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF4CFDD34EC12891" box="[241,392,628,654]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. fasciolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); ventrals 194–200 (vs &lt;
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFCA7FDD34CC22891" box="[794,907,628,654]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. nasuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFC74FDD34BC92891" box="[969,1152,628,654]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. pulverulenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
groups); subcaudals 155–168 (vs &lt;
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<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFE71FD304D1428AE" baseAuthorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[460,605,663,689]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="perrotetii">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFE71FD304D1428AE" box="[460,605,663,689]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. perrotetii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFDD3FD304D9528AE" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1864" box="[622,732,663,689]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dispar">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFDD3FD304D9528AE" box="[622,732,663,689]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. dispar</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFCA7FD304C9C28AE" authorityName="Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D'Souza, Shanker &amp; Ganesh" authorityYear="2020" box="[794,981,663,689]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="travancorica">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFCA7FD304C9C28AE" box="[794,981,663,689]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. travancorica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); cloacal scale paired (vs entire in 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFF00FD1C4E2728CB" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[189,366,699,725]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mycterizans">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FD1C4E2728CB" box="[189,366,699,725]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. mycterizans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFE0DFD1C4D0028CB" baseAuthorityName="Fischer" baseAuthorityYear="1885" box="[432,585,698,725]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciolata">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFE0DFD1C4D0028CB" box="[432,585,698,725]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. fasciolata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); supralabials entire (vs 3 
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–4 
<superScript id="7C0D774BFFEC516BFC0BFD1E4C8A28D8" attach="left" box="[950,963,697,711]" fontSize="6" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">th</superScript>
supralabials horizontally divided in 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FD794E2F28E8" box="[189,358,733,760]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. fronticincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); nasals not in contact with one another (vs in contact with one another above rostral in 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFF03FCA64E212904" box="[190,360,769,795]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fronticincta">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF03FCA64E212904" box="[190,360,769,795]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. fronticincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); upper snout surface flat to mildly depressed (vs convex in 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFBFEFCA64BBB2905" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[1091,1266,769,795]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ahaetulla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mycterizans">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFBFEFCA64BBB2905" box="[1091,1266,769,795]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. mycterizans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 8.2–10% divergent in ND4 and 6.5–9.5% in Cytb gene from the SE Asian populations of 
<taxonomicName id="4C78A180FFEC516BFBDAFC834BAB2921" box="[1127,1250,804,830]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Dryophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="lato" species="prasina">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFBDAFC834BAB2921" box="[1127,1250,804,830]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">A. prasina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23FBB6AFFEC516BFB54FC834A282921" box="[1257,1377,804,830]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" sensu="lato">sensu lato</taxonomicNameLabel>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3628988FFEC516BFF00FCC24BBD29CE" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FCC24E0D2960" bold="true" box="[189,324,869,895]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Etymology</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FC334BBD29CE" blockId="16.[187,1398,916,978]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
A Latin adjective, derived from Latin verb ‘ 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFD09FC334C5B29B1" box="[692,786,916,942]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">flavesco</emphasis>
/ 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFC99FC334CC229B1" box="[804,907,916,942]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">flavescre</emphasis>
’, meaning ‘turning to yellow’ / ‘becoming yellow’, referring to the yellowish colouration of the 
<typeStatus id="54C364A1FFEC516BFC91FC1F4C1629CD" box="[812,863,952,978]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">type</typeStatus>
specimens in life (see 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFEC516BFBD7FC104BAE29CE" author="Wall F." box="[1130,1255,951,977]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" pagination="825 - 845" refId="ref12631" refString="Wall F. 1910. Notes on snakes collected in upper Assam. Part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 825 - 845. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 28012 # page / 939 / mode / 1 up" type="journal article" year="1910">Wall 1910</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3628988FFEC516BFF00FC5E4D272FF6" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FC5E4E252E0D" blockId="16.[189,364,1016,1043]" box="[189,364,1016,1043]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FC5E4E252E0D" bold="true" box="[189,364,1016,1043]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<typeStatus id="54C364A1FFEC516BFF00FC5E4FB32E0C" box="[189,250,1017,1043]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Type</typeStatus>
material
</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF57FB804D062E5E" blockId="16.[189,1399,1063,1160]" box="[234,591,1063,1089]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF57FB804E2F2E5E" bold="true" box="[234,358,1063,1089]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<typeStatus id="54C364A1FFEC516BFF57FB804E2F2E5E" box="[234,358,1063,1089]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(designated herein)
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FBED4C7B2E97" blockId="16.[189,1399,1063,1160]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<materialsCitation id="3B10D05EFFEC516BFF00FBED4C7B2E97" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3924461303" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="Maj. F. Wall" country="India" latitude="27.228" location="Assam" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="94.108" municipality="Assam" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" specimenCode="BMNH) 1908.6.23.58" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Lakimpur" typeStatus="lectotype">
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• 
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; “ 
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, 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BA34079FFEC516BFE47FBED4D042E7B" box="[506,589,1098,1124]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Assam</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<collectingRegion id="49BC14E1FFEC516BFDDDFBED4C6D2E7B" box="[608,804,1098,1124]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Northeast India</collectingRegion>
”; 
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, 
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; unknown date; 
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leg.; 
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(= 
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.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF57FB084EDE2ED6" blockId="16.[189,1195,1199,1261]" box="[234,407,1199,1225]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF57FB084EDE2ED6" bold="true" box="[234,407,1199,1225]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<typeStatus id="54C364A1FFEC516BFF57FB084EDE2ED6" box="[234,407,1199,1225]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="paralectotype">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FB754BE22EF2" blockId="16.[189,1195,1199,1261]" box="[189,1195,1234,1261]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<materialsCitation id="3B10D05EFFEC516BFF00FB754BEF2EF2" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3924461304" box="[189,1190,1234,1261]" collectionCode="NHMUK" collectorName="Maj. F. Wall" country="India" latitude="27.228" location="Northeast India" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="94.108" municipality="Lakimpur" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" specimenCode="BMNH) 1908.6.23.59" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Assam" typeStatus="paralectotype">
<collectingCountry id="F36F9A93FFEC516BFF00FB754E472EF3" box="[189,270,1234,1260]" name="India" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">INDIA</collectingCountry>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D7E118AFFEC516BFE9AFB744E772EF2" box="[295,318,1235,1261]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
; same collection data as for lectotype; NHMUK (= BMNH) 1908.6.23.59
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FAB44DEF2F31" blockId="16.[189,678,1299,1326]" box="[189,678,1299,1326]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFF00FAB44EB02F32" bold="true" box="[189,505,1299,1325]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Other examined material</emphasis>
(
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, 
<specimenCount id="9D7E118AFFEC516BFDE7FAB34DD32F31" box="[602,666,1300,1326]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="female">2 ♀♀</specimenCount>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00FAE54D272FF6" blockId="16.[189,1399,1346,1513]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<materialsCitation id="3B10D05EFFEC516BFF00FAE54E422F60" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3924461305" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="F. Wall" country="India" location="Shillong" municipality="Shillong" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" specimenCode="BNHS 1975" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Meghalaya">
<collectingCountry id="F36F9A93FFEC516BFF00FAE54E472F43" box="[189,270,1346,1372]" name="India" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">INDIA</collectingCountry>
– 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEC516BFE8FFAE54EF42F43" bold="true" box="[306,445,1346,1372]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">
<collectingRegion id="49BC14E1FFEC516BFE8FFAE54EF42F43" box="[306,445,1346,1372]" country="India" name="Meghalaya" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Meghalaya</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
• 
<specimenCount id="9D7E118AFFEC516BFE6AFAE54D4F2F42" box="[471,518,1346,1373]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BA34079FFEC516BFDAAFAE54D372F43" box="[535,638,1346,1372]" country="India" name="Shillong" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" stateProvince="Meghalaya">Shillong</collectingMunicipality>
; unknown date; maj. 
<collectorName id="268DBFD5FFEC516BFC3FFAE44C9E2F43" box="[898,983,1346,1373]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">F. Wall</collectorName>
leg.; 
<specimenCode id="DBDE7278FFEC516BFBA0FAE54BE62F42" box="[1053,1199,1346,1373]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">BNHS 1975</specimenCode>
(green dorsum); 
<collectionCode id="ED6942C6FFEC516BFF00FAC24E422F60" box="[189,267,1381,1407]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">BNHS</collectionCode>
</materialsCitation>
• 
<materialsCitation id="3B10D05EFFEC516BFE96FAC24A102F60" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="3924461306" box="[299,1369,1381,1408]" collectionCode="BNHS" collectorName="H. W. Wells" location="Garo Hills" municipality="Tura" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" specimenCode="BNHS 1978" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1">
<specimenCount id="9D7E118AFFEC516BFE96FAC24E142F9F" box="[299,349,1381,1408]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
; 
<collectingMunicipality id="6BA34079FFEC516BFED0FAC14EEF2F9F" box="[365,422,1382,1408]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">Tura</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location id="8EA78CD8FFEC516BFE08FAC24D712F60" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03D16B15FFF1516DFDB1FA714CD02844:8EA78CD8FFEC516BFE08FAC24D712F60" box="[437,568,1381,1407]" country="India" municipality="Tura" name="Garo Hills" pageId="16" pageNumber="136" stateProvince="Meghalaya">Garo Hills</location>
; unknown date; 
<collectorName id="268DBFD5FFEC516BFCBFFAC14CD92F60" box="[770,912,1381,1408]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">H.W. Wells</collectorName>
; 
<specimenCode id="DBDE7278FFEC516BFC22FAC24B7A2F60" box="[927,1075,1381,1407]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">BNHS 1978</specimenCode>
(green dorsum); 
<collectionCode id="ED6942C6FFEC516BFABAFAC24A102F60" box="[1287,1369,1381,1407]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">BNHS</collectionCode>
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. – 
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; unknown date; maj. 
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pioneers of 
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; 
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(
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, 
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFEC516BFF00F9C54EC42D6D" blockId="16.[189,1401,1599,1906]" pageId="16" pageNumber="136">MEASUREMENTS (in mm). Body elongated, tapering anteriorly and posteriorly, slightly compressed laterally, slightly narrower at mid-body, mid-body width 7.5, flatter on ventral side. Total length 1335.0; snout to vent length 840.0. Head wider than the neck, head length 27.5, elongated anteriorly; slightly wider, head width 13.2; slightly depressed, head depth 11.6. Eyes lateral, circular in shape with oval with horizontal pupil; horizontal eye diameter 5.1 and vertical eye diameter 3.7; interorbital distance 7.4. Snout acuminate, canthus rostralis prominent; eye to snout distance 11.6, sub-equal to head width; eye to nostrils distance 8.0, inter-narial distance 5.4. Tail elongated, complete, tail length 495.0, relative tail length 37.0%.</paragraph>
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SCALATION. Dorsal scales smooth, without any keels; dorsal scales are generally even-sized, comparatively smaller which are close to vent and the anterior end of body. Paravertebral scales broader than other dorsal scale rows, with rounded posterior margin.Anterior scale rows 15 (on neck): mid-body scale rows 15 (at mid-body): posterior scale rows 13 (near vent), arranged in oblique series. Ventrals 206, angulate laterally, preventrals 3; cloacal scales slightly enlarged, paired; subcaudals 168, pairs. Rostral deep and wider at its base; distinctly visible and narrowly grooved in dorsal aspect, without nasal appendage, projects beyond tip of lower jaw when viewed from below. Nasal slightly elongated, laterally oriented, contacting anteriorly with the rostrum on each side. Nostrils distinct, rounded, laterally oriented, situated on posterior surface of the nasal scale on each side. Internasals paired, contacting each other at midline, anteriorly contacting rostral, posteriorly contacting prefrontal and contacting nasal laterally on each side. Loreals two, subequal in size, anterior set of loreals contacting internasals on both sides, posterior loreal contacting anterior on right side. On left side, posterior loreal separated from anterior by 2 
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, 3 
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supralabials and lower edge of prefrontal contact. Supraocular single, enlarged, broader posteriorly, roughly triangular in dorsal aspect on each side. Preocular single, broad, reaching upper surface of head and contacting prefrontal and frontal on each side; on anterior side contacting the posterior parts of loreals. Fourth supralabial divided horizontally (
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). Postoculars two, upper one larger in size, contacting supraocular above and lower postocular below; lower postocular contacting 6 
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supralabial below on each side. Prefrontal paired, roughly rectangular in shape, contacting frontal posteriorly. Frontal single, roughly bell-shaped, situated in middle of two supraoculars, contacting parietal scales posteriorly. Parietal scales paired, large, much wider, roughly pointed posteriorly and sub-equal to supraocular scales in size. Each parietal scale, anteriorly contacting supraocular, fairly touching upper postocular, laterally in contact with upper temporals, posteriorly in contact with three small scales on each side. Temporals 2+2 on both sides; posterior set contacting three comparatively large sized scales on both sides. Supralabials 9 on both sides, 4 
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–6 
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contacting the eye and 7 
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being the largest. Mental small, much wider than long, subtriangular in shape, wedged between 1 
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pair of infralabials. Two pairs of genials; anterior set sub-equal to posterior set; both longer than broad; both pairs are in long midline contact. Infralabials 9, 11; 1 
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infralabial on each side elongate compared to the rest, medially contacting each other; 1 
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infralabials contacting anterior set of genials; 4 
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and 5 
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infralabials contacting posterior pair of genials.
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<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFED516AFF00FB794EDB2F9B" blockId="17.[189,1401,1246,1413]" pageId="17" pageNumber="137">COLOURATION IN ETHANOL. Body overall greyish-brown to olive brown, a few small, pale yellowish patches along the trunk. Head mostly faded with grey or bluish grey colour; rostral, upper and lower labials faded grey to off-white, inter-scale colouration on anterior body black white; posteriorly at few places brownish white. Venter cream to light shades of grey; off-white ventrolateral stripe present from neck up to tail tip.</paragraph>
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(
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Total length 1006.0; snout to vent length 631.0; tail length 375.0; relative tail length 37.2%; head length 28.5; head width 10.9; head depth 10.0.; eye diameter 5.5; eye snout tip distance 10.6; eye nostril distance 7.2; interorbital distance 9.9. Anterior scale rows 15; mid-body scale rows 15; posterior scale rows 13; ventrals 203; pre-ventrals 3; cloacal scale 1; subcaudals 155 pairs; supralabials 9 (4 
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–5 
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touching eye); infralabials 9 (1 
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touching genials); loreal 3; preocular 1; postoculars 2; temporals 2+2; dorsum brownish-green; venter of a lighter shade as dorsum; chin, throat and labials dirty white.
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFED516AFF00F9674E7A2CC5" bold="true" box="[189,307,1728,1754]" pageId="17" pageNumber="137">Variation</emphasis>
(
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; also see 
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The examined non-type specimens agree well with the 
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specimens and show the following intraspecific variations:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC7DA03FFED516FFF00F8F34B472B58" blockId="17.[187,1401,1875,1973]" lastBlockId="20.[189,1399,265,327]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="140" pageId="17" pageNumber="137">MEASUREMENTS (in mm). Total length 1059–1141; snout to vent length 679–768; tail length 373–380; head length 25.6–29.2; head width 9.5–9.6; head depth 7.0–7.1; horizontal eye diameter 4.5–4.6; vertical eye diameter 2.4–3.1; eye to nostrils distance 7.0–8.3; eye to snout tip distance 9.7–10.5; internarial distance 3.5–5.2; interorbital distance 7.3–9.1; mid-body width 7.1–7.7; internasal length 3.5–3.9; prefrontal length 3.6–5.7; frontal length 6.8–8.7; parietal length 5.3–7.3.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEE5169FF00F8044E422DA2" bold="true" box="[189,267,1955,1981]" pageId="18" pageNumber="138">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
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var. 
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, lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58). Entire profile, dorsal and ventral views. Photo: 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFEF5168FF00F8064E472DA4" bold="true" box="[189,270,1953,1979]" pageId="19" pageNumber="139">Fig. 4.</emphasis>
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var. 
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, paralectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.59). Entire profile, dorsal and ventral views. Photo: 
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SCALATION. Ventrals 197–200; pre-ventrals 3; supralabials 8 or 9; infralabials 8 or 9; anterior scale row 15; mid-body scale row 15, posterior scale row, 11–13; subcaudals, 155–183. BNHS 1975 has 3 loreals on each side and single pre-subocular, contacting 4 
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supralabial below and preocular above.
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COLOURATION IN LIFE (
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). Usually verdant green above, with fluorescent green on the ventral side. A pair of creamy white ventrolateral stripes extends from near neck up to the tip of the tail. Labials, chin and mental region whitish to cream coloured. Inter-scalar skin with alternating black and white ragged bands. Iris yellowish-green with black horizontal pupil. On occasions, body overall yellowish-brown, with minute black dots along the trunk. Venter cream to light brown, flanked on either side by off-white ventrolateral stripes from neck up to tail tip.
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFF00FD404D19291E" bold="true" box="[189,592,743,769]" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">Distribution and natural history</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFF00FCB24EFA2930" box="[189,435,789,815]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">Ahaetulla flavescens</emphasis>
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is currently known from four Northeast Indian states: 
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, 
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, 
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and 
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(
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) (
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; 
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Ahmed 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFBA8FC9E4B00294C" box="[1045,1097,825,851]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">et al</emphasis>
. 2009
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). This species was perhaps first recorded in Northeast 
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, under the name 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFCD7FCFB4CB92969" box="[874,1008,860,886]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">A. prasinus</emphasis>
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auctorum by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE8516FFB28FCFB4A752969" author="Cantor T. E." box="[1173,1340,860,886]" pageId="20" pageNumber="140" pagination="897 - 952" refId="ref10817" refString="Cantor T. E. 1847. Catalogue of reptiles inhabiting the Malay Peninsula and the Islands. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16 (2): 897 - 952. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5057" type="journal article" year="1847">Cantor (1847)</bibRefCitation>
who mentioned specimens from Bengal and 
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. The following localities were subsequently reported for this taxon, under the name 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFD8CFC044DE229A3" box="[561,683,931,957]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">A. prasina</emphasis>
: Bengal
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE8516FFC9DFC054C8129A2" author="Gunther A. C. L. G." box="[800,968,930,957]" pageId="20" pageNumber="140" refId="ref11169" refString="Gunther A. C. L. G. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 4. Printed by order of Trustees, London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 13272" type="book" year="1858">Günther 1858</bibRefCitation>
, 
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), Eastern Himalayas, 
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, Katchar, Naga, Jaintea and Khasi hills, (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE8516FFD1BFC624C1629C0" author="Theobald W." box="[678,863,965,991]" pageId="20" pageNumber="140" refId="ref12369" refString="Theobald W. 1876. Descriptive Catalogue of the Reptiles of British India. The Indian Museum, Calcutta. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5483" type="book" year="1876">Theobald 1876</bibRefCitation>
), Darjeeling, Cherrapunji, Duffla hills, Naga hills, Sibsagar and Cachar (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFDB3FEAE4DE22B3C" author="Sclater W. L." box="[526,683,265,291]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" refId="ref12212" refString="Sclater W. L. 1891. List of Snakes in the Indian Museum. Printed by order of Trustees of Indian Museum, The Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8746" type="book" year="1891">Sclater 1891</bibRefCitation>
), Eastern Himalayas, 
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and Bengal (
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFB10FEAE4A382B3C" author="Boulenger G. A." box="[1197,1393,265,291]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" refId="ref10643" refString="Boulenger G. A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor &amp; Francis, London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5490" type="book" year="1890">Boulenger 1890</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFF00FE8B4FB52B59" author="Boulenger G. A." box="[189,252,300,326]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" refId="ref10687" refString="Boulenger G. A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III, Containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae and Viperidae. British Museum (Natural History), London, UK. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8316" type="book" year="1896">1896</bibRefCitation>
). 
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, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFE1CFE8B4EA22B59" author="Wall F." box="[417,491,300,326]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" pagination="337 - 357" refId="ref12535" refString="Wall F. 1909 a. Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (2): 337 - 357. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 33733" type="journal article" year="1909">1909a</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFE4AFE8B4D0B2B59" author="Wall F." box="[503,578,300,326]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" pagination="3" refId="ref12578" refString="Wall F. 1909 b. Notes on snakes collected in the Jalpaiguri district. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19 (3): 897 - 700. Available from https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 220519 [accessed 1 Jul. 2022]." type="journal article" year="1909">1909b</bibRefCitation>
) recorded this species from near Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri in 
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE8516FFF00F8254E432D82" bold="true" box="[189,266,1922,1949]" pageId="20" pageNumber="140">Fig. 5.</emphasis>
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var. 
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, lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58). Head close-up showing the divided 4 
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supralabial on right side, a unique identifying character in ascertaining its type status. Photo: 
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Judging by the geographic continuity and lack of morphological differences, we hypothesise that populations inhabiting other parts of Northeast 
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and immediately neighbouring areas of other countries could represent 
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. Like other members of this group, 
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is a diurnal, arboreal species inhabiting the wet hill forest tracts of Northeast 
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(
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; 
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Ahmed 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFEA6FE5C4E07280B" box="[283,334,506,532]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">et al</emphasis>
. 2009
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). It is reported to be live-bearing, as 
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state “females bear 4-10 live young [in] May-June”, without reference to any country. However, 
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reported three “eggs” inside a 
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specimen that was collected in March–April. Given the current knowledge on the reproduction of members of this genus (
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; 
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; 
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFBEAFDC34A092861" author="Wallach V. &amp; Williams K. L. &amp; Boundy J." box="[1111,1344,612,639]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" refId="ref12681" refString="Wallach V., Williams K. L. &amp; Boundy J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press." type="book" year="2014">
Wallach 
<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFB03FDC24BB82861" box="[1214,1265,612,638]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
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), we hypothesise that Wall was probably referring to the caul or outer amniotic layer encapsuling the embryos of viviparous snake species. 
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also reported the presence of a gecko in its gut content. Based on our primary field observations, 
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is somewhat temperamental with some individuals becoming defensive when restrained, displaying their open-mouth gape and striking forwards with a jerky motion.
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFF00FCF24E0D2970" bold="true" box="[189,324,853,879]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">Comments</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFF00FC224EA32981" author="Das I. &amp; Chaturvedi N." box="[189,490,900,927]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" pagination="150 - 156" refId="ref10886" refString="Das I. &amp; Chaturvedi N. 1998. Catalogue of the herpetological types in the collection of the Bombay Natural History Society. Hamadryad 23 (2): 150 - 156." type="journal article" year="1998">Das &amp; Chaturvedi (1998)</bibRefCitation>
remarked that 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFD20FC234CBF2981" box="[669,1014,900,926]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">Dryophis prasinus flavescens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFE9A7F2FFE9516EFC40FC234B372981" author="Wall F." box="[1021,1150,900,926]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141" pagination="825 - 845" refId="ref12631" refString="Wall F. 1910. Notes on snakes collected in upper Assam. Part II. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 19: 825 - 845. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 28012 # page / 939 / mode / 1 up" type="journal article" year="1910">Wall, 1910</bibRefCitation>
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was described based on 
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. We clarify here that Wall only included the three buff-coloured snakes as part of the type series, whereas the green-coloured specimens were termed “forma typica”. 
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remarked that BNHM (= BNHS) 1976, a buff-coloured specimen from Lakimpur, Assam is an extant 
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. 
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reported a ventral range of 200–209 including preventrals and 155–174 subcaudals, whereas the ventral count of BNHS 1976 is 183, clarifying that it is not a 
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. 
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commented that other 
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may in fact exist, without mentioning any repository. Our investigation proved that they are in London, registered as NHMUK (= BMNH) 1908.6.23.58–59 (
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). Apart from congruence in locality, collector and sex of the snakes, the ventral and subcaudal counts also match well. 
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reported 205 ventrals for both snakes and 155, 167 subcaudals, whereas we counted 203, 206 ventrals (+ 1 to 3 preventrals) and 155, 168 subcaudals. 
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gave measurements for only one of his 
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from Lakhimpur, total length 5’7’’ (= 
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), tail length 1’7.5’’ (= 
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). The tail length of the 
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(NHMUK 1908.23.6.58) matched fully, although its total length was only 
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. Above all, 
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stated that 4 
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supralabial is divided on the right side, which completely matches with the NHMUK (= BMNH) 1908.23.6.58 specimen. Lastly, 
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stated that 
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erroneously credited the taxon authorship of 
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFF03FA104D502FCE" box="[190,537,1463,1489]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">Dryophis prasinus flavescens</emphasis>
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to Smith (1915; sic, for 1914) and the type locality was given as 
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Pen, 
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. We further add that Smith’s treatment and usage of this nomen was only a chresonym, when he followed Wall’s subspecies arrangement upon finding a buff variety in 
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, i.e., 
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(see our chresonymy for unambiguity). In essence, we here demonstrate that the first two buff-coloured female snakes Wall dealt with while describing 
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are indeed NHMUK (= BMNH) 1908.6.23.58–59.
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<emphasis id="B90C0611FFE9516EFF00F8014E4E2DDF" bold="true" box="[189,263,1958,1984]" pageId="21" pageNumber="141">Fig. 6.</emphasis>
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var. 
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,lectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.58)and paralectotype (NHMUK 1908.6.23.59). Jar label. Photo: 
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The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.
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Here, we clarify the confusions about the identity of the type specimens, rediscover and redescribe the type specimens, prove the specific distinction of this nominal taxon and resurrect it as a valid species. Hence, we evoke Art.74.7 of the Code (ICZN 1999) and designate NHMUK (= BMNH) 1908.6.23.58 as the 
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of 
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. The chosen 
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is the larger of the 
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specimens, has characters that enable its unambiguous recognition, has precise provenance data and is deposited in a scientific institution of permanent record.
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