Rabdion grovesi AMARASINGHE, VOGEL, MCGUIRE, SIDIK, SUPRIATNA & INEICH, 2015
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Rabdion grovesi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Groves’ Pointed Snake |
| Synonym | Rabdion grovesi AMARASINGHE, VOGEL, MCGUIRE, SIDIK, SUPRIATNA & INEICH 2015 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Type locality: Awan Village, Rindingalo, Tana Torja, Province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, (2°51’20.53"S, 119°48’30.04"E; datum = WGS84; 2150 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZB 2679, Adult male; field number JAM 2885), collected on 10 August 2000 by J. McGuire, R.M. Brown, and M. Williams. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Rabdion grovesi sp. nov. can be distinguished from R. forsteni (the other member of the genus; characters in parentheses) by having a broader, shallower, and rounded rostral (narrow, deep, and pointed), nasal in contact with the first and second supralabials (first only), temporals 1 + 2 (1 + 3), 192 ventrals (130–160), 19 subcaudals (21–34), elongate dorsal scales (shortened), and a yellow ventrolateral wavy band and bluish-gray dorsum in preservative (cream ventrolateral and grayish-brown dorsum). Other distinguishing characters of the new species are the larger body size, SVL 490 mm (SVL 123–390 mm); and shorter tail, relative TL 5.8% (TL 10.0–17.0%). |
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