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 |
| Reproduction | |
| 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. |
| Comment | Type species: Myanophis thanlyinensis is the type species of the genus Myanophis KÖHLER, KHAING & THAN 2021. |
| Etymology | The generic name is derived from Myanmar’s abbreviated name “Myan” and the Greek “ophis”, meaning “snake”. The generic name is feminine. 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. |
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