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Platyceps bholanathi (SHARMA, 1976)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sharma's Racer, Nagarjunasagar Racer 
SynonymColuber bholanathi SHARMA 1976
Eremiophis bholanathi
Coluber bholanathi — DAS 1996: 55
Argyrogena bholanathi — SHARMA 2004
Coluber bholanathi — SEETHARAMARAJU & SRINIVASULU 2013
Platyceps bholanathi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 553
Coluber bholanathi — DESHWAL & BECKER 2017 
DistributionIndia (Andhra Pradesh [Kapilatheertham, Nagarjuna Hills and Seshachalam Hills], Karnataka [Bellary], Tamil Nadu [Hosur Hills, Gingee Hills and Villupuram], Telangana [Hyderabad, Nalgonda])

Type locality: Nagarjuna hills (16° 31’ N, 79‚ 14 E), Andhra Pradesh.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 21337, male; female paratypes (ZSI 21335 and ZSI 21336) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Supralabials 9; loreal 1, preocular 1-2, postocular 2, subpostocular 1 or absent, temporal 2+2 or 2+3; 19 mid body rows; ventral 201-212, anal divided; subcaudal 105-121, paired.


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EtymologyNamed after the collector of the type, Mr. Bhola Nath. 
References
  • Das, INDRANEIL, BASUDEB DATTAGUPTA and NEMAI CHARAN GAYEN. 1998. History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. J. south Asian nat. Hist. 3 (2): 121-172
  • Deshwal, Anant; Brian Becker 2017. New Locality Record of Nagarjunasagar Racer (Coluber bholanathi) (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Near Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh, India. Russ. J. Herpetol. 24 (3): 245-247 - get paper here
  • Ganesh S. R., Adimallaiah D., Kailash P. K. 2013. New locality records of Nagarjun Sagar Racer Snake, Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976. Herpetotropicos 9 (1-2): 09-12 - get paper here
  • Ganesh, S.R.; A. Kalaimani, P. Karthik, N. Baskaran, R. Nagarajan & S.R.Chandramouli 2018. Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India – II From Western Ghats to Coromandel Coast. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, July 2018. Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 28-45 - get paper here
  • Guptha, Bubesh; Nimmakayala Venkata Sivaram Prasad, Deepak Veerappan. 2012. Rediscovery and range extension of Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976 from Seshachalam hills, Andhra Pradesh, India. Herpetology Notes 6: 447-448
  • Joshi, Viral 2021. New sightings of Nagarjunasagar Racers, Platyceps bholanathi (Sharma 1976), from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (1): 63-64 - get paper here
  • Kalki, Yatin; Chayant Gonsalves , Daniel B. Wylie , Karthik A. K. Sundaram and Tristan D. Schramer 2021. Annotated checklist of the snakes of Bengaluru Urban District, Karnataka, India with notes on their natural history, distribution, and population trends over the last 150 years. Journal of Animal Diversity 3 (2): 26-41 - get paper here
  • LOKESH, SPOORTHI; SANJEEV PRAKASH, AKSHAY CHANDERR, CHAYANT GONSALVES & YATIN KALKI. 2021. Additional locality records of the Nagarjunasagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from Karnataka, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 28(2): 285-287. - get paper here
  • Lokesh, Spoorthi; Sanjeev Prakash, Akshay Chanderr, Chayant Gonsalves, Yatin Kalki 2021. Additional locality records of the Nagarjunasagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from Karnataka, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (2): 285-287 - get paper here
  • Melvinselvan, G., Nibedita, D., Magesh, P., Elambharathy, K. 2018. New Locality Records of Nagarjunsagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi, Sharma 1976 from Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Captive & Field Herpetology 2 (1): 29-32 - get paper here
  • Narayana, B. Laxmi; M. Sandeep 2021. Recent records of the Nagarjunasagar Racer, Platyceps bholanathi (Sharma 1976), from Telangana, India. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (1): 89-90 - get paper here
  • Samson, Arockianathan; Palanisamy Santhoshkumar, Balasundaram Ramakrishnan, Sivaraj Karthick & Chandrashekaruni Gnaneswar 2017. New distribution record of Nagarjunasagar Racer Platyceps bholanathi (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) in Sigur, Nilgiris landscape, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9 (3): 10014–10017 - get paper here
  • Seetharamaraju, M. & C. Srinivasulu 2013. Discovery and description of male specimen of Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from Hyderabad, India. Taprobanica 5 (1): 32-35 - get paper here
  • Sharma, R. C. 1976. Some observations on ecology and systematics of Coluber bholanati, a new species of snake from India. Comp. Physiol. Ecol. 1 (3): 105-107
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Sharma, Vivek; Jose Louies, Aditya Vattam 2013. A Contribution to Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 20 (4): 259-263 - get paper here
  • Smart, Utpal; Eric N. Smith, B.H.C.K. Murthy & Arun Mohanty 2014. Report of Nagarjunasagar Racer Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (4): 5671-5674 - get paper here
  • Srinivasulu C., Das I. 2008. The Herpetofauna of Nallamala Hills, Eastern Ghats, India: an annotated checklist, with remarks on nomenclature, taxonomy, habitat use, adaptive types and biogeography. Asiatic Herpetological Research 11: 110–131 - get paper here
  • Visvanathan, A., Anne, S., Kolli, A. K., & Vangari, S. M. 2022. Snakes of Telangana: An annotated checklist with new locality records and notes on natural history. Reptiles & Amphibians, 29(1), 279-285 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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