Oligodon churahensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ & PATEL, 2021

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Churah Valley Kukri snake
Synonym	Oligodon churahensis MIRZA, BHARDWAJ & PATEL 2021
Distribution	India (Himachal Pradesh) Type locality: near Thanei Kothi village, Churah Valley, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, India (32.835467, 76.119381, elevation 1864 m)
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: 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
Comment	Distribution: see map in Lee et al. 2023: 5 (Fig. 1)
Etymology	The 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
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/249021943989078/ Google images

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