Myanophis thanlyinensis KÖHLER, KHAING & THAN, 2021
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Myanophis thanlyinensis
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| Higher Taxa | Homalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Myanophis thanlyinensis KÖHLER, KHAING & THAN in KÖHLER et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Yangon) Type locality: wetlands near campus of East Yangon University (16.74255, 96.28307; 6 m a.s.l.), Thanlyin, Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Types | Holotype. SMF 100707, an adult male, collected on 5 of November 2019 by Ni Lar Than and Gunther Köhler. Original field tag GK-7730. Paratypes. EYU PaPa-0023 and SMF 100709 (original field tag PaPa-0019), two adult females from wetlands near campus of East Yangon University (16.740297, 96.285184; 6 m a.s.l.), Thanlyin, Yangon, Myanmar, collected on 14 of September 2018 by a local fishermen and received by Khin Pa Pa Khaing. SMF 100708 (original field tag GK-7731), an adult male from wetlands near campus of East Yangon University (16.74275, 96.31250; 6 m a.s.l.), Thanlyin, Yangon, Myanmar, collected on 15 of October 2019 by a local fishermen and received by Ni Lar Than. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus). A medium-sized Indochinese homalopsid snake with the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scales smooth, row formula 21–21–19 or 21–21–17; (2) tail short, ratio tail length/SVL 0.185– 0.204 in males, 0.160–0.167 in females; (3) nasal scales separated; (4) 125–126 ventral scales in males, 120–122 in females; (5) 38–39 subcaudal scales in males, 32–34 in females; (6) hemipenis bilobed. Additional details (2253 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Type species: Myanophis thanlyinensis is the type species of the genus Myanophis KÖHLER, KHAING & THAN 2021. |
| Etymology | The species epithet refers to the city of Thanlyin, a major port city of Myanmar, located across the Bago River southeast of the city of Yangon, where the type series of M. thanlyinensis gen. nov., sp. nov. was collected. The genus name is derived from Myanmar’s abbreviated name “Myan” and the Greek “ophis”, meaning “snake”. The generic name is feminine. |
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