Oligodon speleoserpens PAWANGKHANANT, POYARKOV, WARD-SMITH, GRASSBY-LEWIS, SUMONTHA, KLIUKIN, IDIIATULLINA, TROFIMETS, SUWANNAPOOM & LEE, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Cave Kukri Snake Thai: ป่ีแก้วควนหิน (Ngu Pi Kaew Kuan Hin) |
Synonym | Oligodon speleoserpens PAWANGKHANANT, POYARKOV, WARD-SMITH, GRASSBY-LEWIS, SUMONTHA, KLIUKIN, IDIIATULLINA, TROFIMETS, SUWANNAPOOM & LEE 2024: 364 |
Distribution | Thailand (Satun) Type locality: entrance of Tham Le Stegodon Cave, Satun Province, Thailand (7.158315°N, 99.802631°E, 28 meters elevation). |
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Types | Holotype. ZMMU Re-17696 (field number ISS-128), adult male collected on 20 January 2023 by Pa- rinya Pawangkhanant and Sabira S. Idiiatullina. Paratype. ZMMU Re-17697 (field number NAP-13128), adult female collected 24 September 2022 inside Tham Khao Ting Cave, Trang Province, Thailand (7.158315°N, 99.802631°E, 12 meters elevation), by Nikolay A. Poyar- kov, Nikita S. Kliukin, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom and Parinya Pawangkhanant. |
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Etymology | Named after the Latinzed Greek noun “spēlēum”, meaning “cave” and the Latin noun “serpens [= serpentis]”, the present active participle of “serpō” meaning “to crawl or creep”, often used in reference to snakes. |
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