Calamaria gialaiensis ZIEGLER, SANG & TRUONG, 2008
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Calamaria gialaiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | English: Gia Lai reed snake Vietnamese: Ran mai gam gia lai French: Calamaire de Gia Lai German: Gia Lai Zwergschlange |
| Synonym | Calamaria gialaiensis ZIEGLER, SANG & TRUONG 2008 Calamaria gialaiensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 137 Calamaria gialaiensis — LEE 2021 Calamaria gialaiensis — ZHANG et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Gia Lai) Type locality: Kon Ka Kinh, K Bang District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, 1,300m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR A.0714, adult male, Nguyen Van Sang, April 1999. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This new species is distinguished from congeneric species in having the following combination of characters: 1) rostral wider than high, portion visible from above more than half of prefrontal suture; 2) paraparietal surrounded by five shields and scales; 3) eye diameter larger than eye-mouth distance; 4) preocular present; 5) supralabials four, second and third entering orbit; 6) maxillary teeth modified; 7) infralabials five, first three touching anterior chin shield; 8) mental touching anterior chin shields; anterior shields meeting in midline; posterior chin shields diverging, only touching anteriorly; 9) 3+191 ventrals; 23 divided subcaudal scales; 10) single anal plate; 11) tail relatively short, as thick as body, not tapering, with rounded end (8.1% of the total length); 12) dorsum light greyish brown with indistinct dark neck collar and few dark blotches along vertebral region before cloaca; with two pairs of light blotches and a yellow ring around tip in tail; outermost dorsal scale rows yellow with dark dorsal corners; 13) venter yellowish beige, with dark outermost corners in each of ventrals and anterior subcaudals; 14) body relatively large, total length of the unique male 457mm. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 85 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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