CYRIAC, VP;
NARAYANAN, S;
SAMPAIO, FL;
UMESH, P;
GOWER, DJ;
(2020)
A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India.
Zootaxa
, 4778
(2)
pp. 329-342.
10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5.
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Abstract
A new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis is described based on a type series of seven recently collected specimens from the Wayanad region of the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Rhinophis melanoleucus sp. nov. is diagnosed based on a combination of 15 dorsal scale rows at (or just behind) midbody, more than 215 ventral scales and a long rostral. The new species also has a distinctive (mostly black and white) colouration. A new key to the identification of Indian species of Rhinophis is provided.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | identification key, shieldtail, snakes, taxonomy, Western Ghats |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10116554 |
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