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

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ahaetulla longirostris MIRZA, PATTEKAR, VERMA, STUART, PURKAYASTHA, MOHAPATRA & PATEL 2024: 698 Ahaetulla laudankia — PURKAYASTHA et al. 2021: 308 Ahaetulla longirostris — BASFORE et al. 2024
Distribution	India (Meghalaya, Bihar) Type locality: outskirts of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West Champaran, Bettiah, Bihar, India (Meghalaya, 27.428139 N, 83.908418 E, elevation 133m
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. 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.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: 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) 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 2240 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin longus for long and Latin rostrum for snout in reference to the very long rostral appendage.
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
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:837F5F17-0556-4EA7-9071-… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/749315207293080/ Google images

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