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Ahaetulla longirostris MIRZA, PATTEKAR, VERMA, STUART, PURKAYASTHA, MOHAPATRA & PATEL, 2024

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymAhaetulla longirostris MIRZA, PATTEKAR, VERMA, STUART, PURKAYASTHA, MOHAPATRA & PATEL 2024: 698
Ahaetulla laudankia — PURKAYASTHA et al. 2021: 308
Ahaetulla longirostris — BASFORE et al. 2024 
DistributionIndia (Meghalaya, Bihar)

Type locality: outskirts of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West Champaran, Bettiah, Bihar, India (Meghalaya, 27.428139 N, 83.908418 E, elevation 133m  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. NCBS NRC AA-0023, Adult female, collected by Sourabh Verma and Soham Pattekar on 16 December 2021.
Paratypes. YS179, Adult male and adult female YS180 from Bar- idua area near Guwahati, Meghalaya (26.105996, 91.842154, elevation 257 m) collected by Yashpal Singh Rathee and Jayaditya Purkayastha on 8 October 2020. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium sized Ahaetulla with maximum TL 1,275 mm having the combination of a long dermal appendage; 193e207 ventrals, 139e163 subcaudals; dorsal scale reduction from 15 to 13 rows that occurs between 145e147 ventrals; dorsal scales of the vertebral and adjacent row on each side moderately keeled; dorsum bright green or ochre-brown throughout with a yellow hue on the lateral and ventral aspect of the head, a yellowish-white lateral stripe running the entire length of the snake from the neck; and venter bright orangish brown with a pair of pale longitudinal stripes. (Mirza et al. 2024)


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References
  • Basfore, B., Kalita, M. J., Sharma, N., & Boro, A. R. 2024. An updated checklist of snakes (Reptilia: Squamata) in northeastern India derived from a review of recent literature. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 16(11), 26131-26149 - get paper here
  • Mirza, Z. A., Pattekar, S., Verma, S., Stuart, B. L., Purkayastha, J., Mohapatra, P., & Patel, H. 2024. A new long-snouted vine snake species in the genus Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Colubridae: Chrysopeleinae) from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, Jayaditya; Sanath Chadra Bohra, Chitra B. Tamang, Milu Medhi 2021. First record of Laudankia Vine Snake, Ahaetulla laudankia Deepak, Narayanan, Sarkar, Dutta and Mohapatra 2019, from Assam, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (2): 308-309 - get paper here
 
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