Dendrelaphis girii VOGEL & VAN ROOIJEN, 2011
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Dendrelaphis girii
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Chrysopeleinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Giri’s bronzeback |
| Synonym | Dendrelaphis girii VOGEL & VAN ROOIJEN 2011 Dendrophis bifrenalis — FERGUSON, 1895 Dendrophis bifrenalis — WALL 1921 Ahaetulla bifrenalis — SMITH 1943 Dendrelaphis pictus bifrenalis — MEISE & HENNING, 1932 Dendrelaphis pictus bifrenalis — MERTENS 1934 Dendrelaphis bifrenalis — MAHENDRA, 1984 Dendrelaphis bifrenalis — DE SILVA 1980 Dendrelaphis bifrenalis — SHARMA 2007 Dendrelaphis bifrenalis — WELCH 1988 Dendrelaphis girii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 217 Dendrelaphis girii —AENGALS et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) Type locality: Castle Rock, District Belgaum, Karnataka, India. |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: BNHS = BNHM 3494: adult male Other specimens: TNHM (Kerala), see Ganesh et al. 2025. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Dendrelaphis characterized by the combination of: 1) two loreal scales on each side of the head; 2) 15 dorsal scale rows at midbody; 3) enlarged vertebral scales; 4) 166-173 ventrals; 5) 140-147 subcaudals; 6) 8-9 supralabials, 2 supralabials border the eye; 7) 6-8 temporal scales; 8) a long sublabial that touches 2-5 infralabials; 9) 1-3 gular rows; 10) a divided anal shield; 11) relative tail-length 0.36-0.37; 12) a black postocular stripe that covers less than a quarter of the temporal region and that barely extends onto the neck; 13) an absent or rudimentarily present pale ventrolateral line. |
| Comment | Synonymy after VOGEL & VAN ROOIJEN 2011. Behavior: diurnal Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
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