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Liopeltis tiomanica SOM, GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, BROWN, DIESMOS, WEINELL & STUART, 2020

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiopeltis tiomanica SOM, GRISMER, GRISMER, WOOD, QUAH, BROWN, DIESMOS, WEINELL & STUART 2020
Liopeltis tricolor — JL GRISMER et al. 2004: 275 (part)
Liopeltis tricolour [sic] — GRISMER et al. 2006: 178 (part)
Liopeltis tricolor — GRISMER 2011: 203 
DistributionPeninsular Malaysia (Pulau Tioman)

Type locality: Peninsular Malaysia, Pahang State, Pulau Tioman (= Tioman Island), Gunung Kajang trail, 2.77900°N 104.15703°E (Datum WGS84), 618 m elevation.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. LSUHC 5037, adult female (Figs. 2–4 in Som et al. 2020), coll. 11 August 2002 by Jesse L. Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., and L. Lee Grismer. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of Liopeltis having the combination of the nasal scale fused with the internasal scale; preoculars two; ventrals 161; distinct black lateral cephalic stripe extending from rostral through eye to approximately 30 mm behind neck before fading; four longitudinal stripes on dorsum; and venter immaculate, without stripes. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet refers to the new species’ type and only known locality on the island of Pulau Tioman. The specific epithet is feminine, in agreement with the gender of the genus (Poyarkov et al. 2019). 
References
  • Grismer, Jesse L., L. Lee Grismer, Indraneil Das, Norsham S. Yaakob, Lim Boo Liat, Tzi Ming Leong, Timothy Youmans and Hinrich Kaiser 2004. Species diversity and checklist of the Herpetofauna of Pulau Tioman, Penninsular Malaysia, with a preliminary overview of habitat utilization. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 247-279 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2011. Amphibians and reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 239 pp.
  • Grismer, L.L.; Youmans, T.M.; Wood, P.L. & Grismer, J.L. 2006. Checklist of the herpetofauna of the Seribuat Archipelago, West Malaysia with comments on biogeography, natural history, and adaptive types. Raffles Bull. Zool. 54 (1): 157-180 - get paper here
  • SOM, HANNAH E.; L. LEE GRISMER, JESSE L. GRISMER, PERRY L. WOOD, JR., EVAN S. H. QUAH, RAFE M. BROWN, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, JEFFREY L. WEINELL & BRYAN L. STUART 2020. A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa 4766 (3): 472–484 - get paper here
 
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