Gyiophis salweenensis QUAH, GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, KYAW, LWIN, GRISMER & MURDOCH, 2017
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Gyiophis salweenensis
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| Higher Taxa | Homalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Salween River Basin Mud Snake |
| Synonym | Gyiophis salweenensis QUAH, GRISMER, WOOD, THURA, ZIN, KYAW, LWIN, GRISMER & MURDOCH 2017 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Mon) Type locality: close to Sanpel Cave, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar (N16°22.427, E97°46.388; 44 m in elevation). |
| Reproduction | viviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: LSUHC 12960, Adult female, collected on 8 October 2016 by Myint Kyaw Thura, Thaw Zin, Evan S.H. Quah, L. Lee Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., Marta S. Grismer, Matthew L. Murdoch and Htet Kyaw. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Gyiophis salweenensis sp. nov. is separated from all congeners by having a unique combination of the following characters: a narrow rostral scale; the first three dorsal scale rows square; 129 (female) ventral scales; 30/29 (female) paired subcaudals; a divided cloacal plate; eight or nine supralabials; 10 infralabials; a maximum total length of 416 mm; relative tail length ratio of 0.13; a ventral patterning lacking a central spot on each ventral scale; the presence of a faint stripe on the lower, dorsal scale rows; and four rows of dark spots on the dorsum (Table 1). |
| Comment | Habitat: The holotype was found at approximately 1930 hours crossing a narrow dirt road between flooded fields that we presume to be its natural habitat. The valvular nostrils located dorsally on the snout indicate this species probably spends a large part of its life in the water. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet salweenensis is in reference to area where the holotype was found which is close to the vicinity of the Salween River near the city of Mawlamyine. The suffix ensis is a Latin derivation meaning “from” or “inhabiting.” It renders the specific epithet an adjective that must be in grammatical accord with the gender of Gyiophis. |
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