Calamaria gialaiensis ZIEGLER, SANG & TRUONG, 2008
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Calamaria gialaiensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | English: Gia Lai reed snake Vietnamese: Ran mai gam gia lai French: Calamaire de Gia Lai German: Gia Lai Zwergschlange |
| Synonym | Calamaria gialaiensis ZIEGLER, SANG & TRUONG 2008 Calamaria gialaiensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 137 Calamaria gialaiensis — LEE 2021 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Gia Lai) Type locality: Kon Ka Kinh, K Bang District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, 1,300m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR A.0714, adult male, Nguyen Van Sang, April 1999. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This new species is distinguished from congeneric species in having the following combination of characters: 1) rostral wider than high, portion visible from above more than half of prefrontal suture; 2) paraparietal surrounded by five shields and scales; 3) eye diameter larger than eye-mouth distance; 4) preocular present; 5) supralabials four, second and third entering orbit; 6) maxillary teeth modified; 7) infralabials five, first three touching anterior chin shield; 8) mental touching anterior chin shields; anterior shields meeting in midline; posterior chin shields diverging, only touching anteriorly; 9) 3+191 ventrals; 23 divided subcaudal scales; 10) single anal plate; 11) tail relatively short, as thick as body, not tapering, with rounded end (8.1% of the total length); 12) dorsum light greyish brown with indistinct dark neck collar and few dark blotches along vertebral region before cloaca; with two pairs of light blotches and a yellow ring around tip in tail; outermost dorsal scale rows yellow with dark dorsal corners; 13) venter yellowish beige, with dark outermost corners in each of ventrals and anterior subcaudals; 14) body relatively large, total length of the unique male 457mm. |
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| Etymology | Named after the province (Gia Lai), which houses the type locality. |
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