Platyceps hajarensis SCHÄTTI, TILLACK, STUTZ & KUCHARZEWSKI, 2024
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Platyceps hajarensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hajar Cliff Racer |
| Synonym | Platyceps hajarensis SCHÄTTI, TILLACK, STUTZ & KUCHARZEWSKI 2024: 456 Zamenis ladacensis – Boulenger, 1890: 326 [partim]. Zamenis rhodorhachis [sic] – Boulenger, 1893: 381ff [partim] Coluber rhodorachis – Gallagher 1990, 1993: 13 |
| Distribution | Oman Type locality: Fanjah, 23°27’N 58°06’E, ca. 215 m asl, Bidbid District, Ad-Dakhiliya, Sultanate of Oman |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MHNG 2664.71, ad. ♂ , pres. M.S. Farook early 2005). Paratypes (4): OmAn: MHNG 2664.64 (subad. ♂, vicinity of Khawd, ca. 23°34’N 58°07’E, Masqat Gov., pres. SQU), —.69 (subad. ♀, Mubaylah, 23°41’N 58°08’E, Masqat Gov., pres. M.S. Farook). United ArAb emirAtes (Ash-Shariqah): BMNH 1971.1309 (ad. ♂, Wadi Shawkah, ca. 25°06’N 56°03’E), —.1310 (ad. ♀, same origin). Additional material examined (n=38, excl. two heavily damaged specimens without pertinent scale data marked with an asterisk [*]): OmAn: ANSP 5468 (Masqat Cove, ♂); BMNH 1901.1.30.98 (“Muscat” [Masqat], ca. 23°37’N 58°36’E, ♀), 1903.1.27.3-4 (“Muscat”, ♂♀), 1973.736-37 (Wadi Bani Awf, ca. 23°15’N 57°26’E, ♂, juv. ♀), —.738 (vic. Ayr, ca. 23°13’N 57°28’E, ♀), *1975.968 (Wadi Sahtan, ca. 23°23’N 57°19’E, ?), —.970 (Khadra, W. Sahtan, 23°22’N 57°19’E, ♂), 1977.79 (Ras Hamra, 23°37’N 58°31’E, subad. ♂), —.80 (Wadi Khawd, ca. 23°32’N 58°06’E, subad. ♀), —.834 (“between Hazm and Rostaq [Rustaq], 23°31’N 57°28’E”, ♂), —.835 (Wadi Sarin, ca. 23°15’N 58°30’E, ♂, broken), —.836 (Wadi Bani Awf, ♀), —.837 (Sabt, Wadi Bani Khalid, 22°28’N 59°07’E, ♀), 1978.344 (Sawt, Wadi Tayin, 23°03’N 58°42’E, ♂), —.778 (Khabura, 23°59’N 57°06’E, ♂, MDG 5098), *—.780 (Daimaniyat Island, 23°51’N 58°05’E, ?, see Platyceps gallagheri: Distribution and Remarks), —.2055 (Sawt, W. Tayin, ♂, MDG 5153), 1980.220 (Khabura, juv. ♂, MDG 5944), 1987.1009 (Ras Hamra, ♀), 1994.112 (Masnaah, 23°46’N 57°38’E, ♂, ex OMNH 2177); CAS 225344-45 (vic. N “Qatana”, 23°01-05’N 57° 40-46’E, ♂♀), 251164 (Wadi Bani Habib, 2.9 km WSW Sayq, 23°04’N 57°36’E, ♂); MHNG 2664.58 (Nakhl, 23°24’N 57°50’E, juv. ♀), —.65 (vicinity of Khawd, subad. ♀, pres. SQU), —.66 (Sultan Qaboos University Campus, 23°35’N 58°10’E, ♂, pres. SQU), —.67-68 (Mubaylah, ♀, pres. M.S. Farook; 2664.67 in poor state, gender unknown); ONHM 1126 (“Capital area?”, ♀), 2828 (Wadi Tanuf, ca. 23°09’N 57°28’E, juv., only ventral data), 2834 (Murtafaat Khuwe, ca. 23°36’N 58°27’E, ♀); ZFMK 70929 (“km 106 Sur–Muscat”, 23°12’N 58°55’E, ♀). United ArAb emirAtes: BMNH 1971.1308 (“3 km from Dayd” [Dhayd], ca. 25°17’N 55°51’E, ♂), —.1311 (Wadi Shawkah, ♀); NMW 32331 (10 km SE Hatta, ca. 24°46’N 56°10’E, ♀); ZFMK 35768 (Wadi Asimah, ca. 25°24’N 56°09’E, ♀), 35769 (Wadi Siji, ca. 25°16’N 56°03’E, ♂); ZSM unregistered (“Wadi Asimah, N Masafi”, ca. 25°19’N 56°10’E, juv. ♂). |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Synonymy: see detailed synonymy in Schätti et al. 2024. |
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