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Oligodon churahensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ & PATEL, 2021

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Churah Valley Kukri snake 
SynonymOligodon churahensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ & PATEL 2021 
DistributionIndia (Himachal Pradesh)

Type locality: near Thanei Kothi village, Churah Valley, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, India (32.835467, 76.119381, elevation 1864 m)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: NCBS NRC-AA-019, female (National Centre for Biological Sciences) Collected by Virendar Kumar Collection date: June 22, 2020; Paratype: BNHS 3657, male, collected on 25 June 2020, same data as for the holotype 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: see map in Lee et al. 2023: 5 (Fig. 1) 
EtymologyThe specific epithet refers to the Churah Valley where the new species was collected. 
References
  • Lee JL, Yushchenko PV, Milto KD, Rajabizadeh M, Rastegar Pouyani E, Jablonski D, Masroor R, Karunarathna S, Mallik AK, Dsouza P, Orlov N, Nazarov R, Poyarkov NA. 2023. Kukri snakes Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 of the Western Palearctic with the resurrection of Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). PeerJ 11:e15185 DOI 10.7717/peerj.15185
  • Mirza ZA, Bhardwaj VK, Patel H 2021. A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas. Evolutionary Systematics 5(2): 335-345 - get paper here
 
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