Ahaetulla malabarica MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, PAL, D’SOUZA, SHANKER & GANESH, 2020

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ahaetulla malabarica MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, PAL, D’SOUZA, SHANKER & GANESH 2020: 30
Distribution	India (N Kerala, S Karnataka) Type locality: Thirunelli forest (11.9172 N 75.99111E, 960 msl), Brahmagiri-Wayanad hill complex of the Central Western Ghats, in Peninsular India.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. BNHS 3586 (CESS090); adult male; Thirunelli forest, Brahmagiri, Wayanad, Kerala; Coll. Ashok Kumar Mallik, 2010. Paratypes. BNHS 3587 (CESS087); adult female; Kalpetta, Kerala, Coll. Saunak P. Pal, S. P. Vijayakumar & Mrugank Prabhu, 2010.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: See map in Mallik et al. 2020: 14 (Fig. 4).
Etymology	Latin, for an inhabitant of Malabar (a historical name given for provinces in North Kerala), in allusion to its distribution in that part of the Western Ghats, just north of the Palghat Gap.
References	MALLIK, A. K., SRIKANTHAN, A. N., PAL, S. P., D’SOUZA, P. M., SHANKER, K., & GANESH, S. R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874 (1): 1-62 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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