Bungarus sagittatus AKSORNNEAM, RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, SUNG & AOWPHOL, 2024
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Bungarus sagittatus
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Bungarus sagittatus AKSORNNEAM, RUJIRAWAN, YODTHONG, SUNG & AOWPHOL 2024: 145 |
| Distribution | Thailand (Ratchaburi) Type locality: Thailand, Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Suan Phueng Subdistrict, Khao Krachom (13°33'57"N, 99°11'43"E, 834 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZMKU R 01089, adult female collected on 15 May 2022 by Akrachai Aksornneam, Mali Naiduangchan, Kritsada Rungrot, Purinut Numuan, Suphap Sisuk and Goe Wongdee (Fig. 3 in Aksornneam et al. 2024) Paratypes (Figs 4, 5A–D). ZMKU R 01088 (subadult female) bear the same locality data as the holotype. ZMKU R 01090 (juvenile) collected from Thailand, Ratchaburi Province, Suan Phueng District, Suan Phueng Subdistrict, Khao Krachom (13°33'41"N, 99°12'18"E, 619 m elevation), on 15 June 2022, by Akrachai Aksornneam and Naka Taou |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Bungarus sagittatus sp. nov. is assigned to the genus Bungarus by its recovered phylogenetic position and having enlarged, hexagonal-shaped, midbody vertebrae scales (Smith 1943; Slowinski 1994). This species can be distinguished from other species of Bungarus by the following combination of characters: 15–15–15 dorsal scale rows; 215–217 ventral scales; 48–56 undivided subcaudal; prefrontal suture 2.4–2.6 times length of internasal suture; anterior chin shields larger than posterior chin shields; head of adult uniform black while juvenile black with small dim white patches on temporal and parietal areas; dorsal surface of body black, with 25–31 white narrow bands, white and black bands at midbody covering 1.5–3.0 and 4.5–6.0 vertebral scales, respectively; dorsal black bands of body not intruding ventrals or intruding ventrals less than 0.5 times of width of outer dorsal scales; ventral surface immaculate white; ventral side of tail white with a row of dark brown triangular patches on middle pointing posteriorly; tail relatively long, tail length/total length = 0.140–0.143. (Aksornneam 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 14844 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: The type locality is part of Tenasserim Mountain Range, which lies on Thai-Myanmar borderline, hence the species may occur also in Myanmar. |
| Etymology | Named after sagittata (L.) meaning arrow and in reference to the dark triangular shape on subcaudals which resembles a barbed arrow. |
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