Myrrophis dakkrongensis NGUYEN, LE, LATHROP, VO, MURPHY & CHE, 2024
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Myrrophis dakkrongensis
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| Higher Taxa | Homalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dak Krong mud snake Vietnamese: Rắn bồng đắk krông |
| Synonym | Myrrophis dakkrongensis NGUYEN, LE, LATHROP, VO, MURPHY & CHE 2024: 225 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Dak Nong) Type locality: Quang Son, Dak Glong District, Dak Nong Province, Vietnam; coordinates 12°10′24′′N, 107°46′36′′E; elevation 890 m a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ITBCZ 6695, adult male, collected by Sang N. Nguyen, on 3 August 2018 (Figs 2, 3, 5). Paratypes. Two specimens: ITBCZ 6694 (gravid female) and ITBCZ 6700 (adult male), also collected from Quang Son by the same collector. The former was collected on 2 August 2018 at coordinates 12°10′22′′N, 107°46′20′′E and elevation 890 m a.s.l. The latter was collected on 12 August 2018 at coordinates 12°09′22′′N, 107°46′56′′E and elevation 870 m a.s.l. (Figs 4, 5). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Myrrophis dakkrongensis sp. nov. is distinguished from all of its congeners by the unique combination of the following morphological characters: medium-sized mud snake (largest TL 452 mm in adult female); internasal single and not in contact with loreals; dorsal scale rows 23-23-19 or 23-23-20, smooth; tail short (TaL/TL ratio 0.15–0.16 in males and 0.14 in female); ventrals 134–138 in males and 133 in female; subcaudals 39–42 in males and 34 in female; 8 supralabials, fourth entering orbit; second pair of chin-shield small, oblique, and in contact with two infralabials; 17 or 18 maxillary teeth; hemipenis short, forked and spinose, reaching 7th subcaudal; cloacal plate divided; gland-like tubercles present in the cloacal region; dorsum dark brown to black; and white or yellow to orange lateroventral stripe present. (Nguyen et al. 2024) |
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