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Platyceps masirae SCHÄTTI, TILLACK, STUTZ & KUCHARZEWSKI, 2024

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Masirah Cliff Racer 
SynonymPlatyceps masirae SCHÄTTI, TILLACK, STUTZ & KUCHARZEWSKI 2024

Coluber rhodorhachis [sic] (Jan, 1863) [partim]. – Arnold & Gallagher, 1977: 69 (“Masirah island”) · BMNH 1975.1041-42.
Coluber r. rhodorhachis [sic] [partim]. – Gasperetti, 1988: 219, fig. 28 [map], 407 (“Masirah Island” [only BMNH 1975.1042 listed], Duqm) · BMNH 1980.1041 (see Variation).
Coluber rhodorachis [partim]. – Schätti & Gasperetti, 1994: 385 (“Masirah”).
Platyceps rhodorachis [partim]. – Sindaco et al., 2013: 130, map 84.
Platyceps r. rhodorachis [partim]. – Gardner, 2013: 370, map (“Masirah Island” and Duqm record).
? Platyceps r. rhodorachis [partim]. – Gardner, 2013: 367 (unspecified map record in southern Al-Wusta littoral, see Distribution and Remarks, Discussion, Fig. 6).
Platyceps rhodorachis [partim]. – Carranza et al., 2021: 164, map (“Masirah”). 
DistributionOman

Type locality: Masirah Island [Jazīrat Maşīrah] Airforce Base, ca. 20°40’31’’N 58°53’25’’E, Sultanate of Oman, ca. 20 m asl.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 156719, ♀, leg. J.P. Ross 1st February 1978). Paratypes (2, see Comment): BMNH 1975.1042 (Masirah Island, [Qaryat] “Shi’inzi”, viz. Sha’nazi, 20°33’42’’N 58°55’46’’E, near sea level, ad. ♂, leg. T.D. Rogers 21st March 1975); MCZ 156715 (Masirah Island, near Sur Musayrah, ca. 20°24’N 58°44’E, ad. ♂, leg. M.D. Gallagher 28th March 1977, MDG 5047, see Distribution and Remarks).
Additional material examined (n=3). Al-WUstA: BMNH 1980.1041 (Duqm, 19°40’N 57°41’E, nsl, subad. ♀, coll. M. Stanley-Price 26th April 1980, leg. M.D. Gallagher, MDG 6038, see Variation). mAsirAh: BMNH 1975.1041 (“RAF Camp” [Airforce Base], ca. 20 m asl, juv. ♀, leg. T.D. Rogers 6th August 1975); MCZ 157693 (“Masirah airport”, ca. “20°40’N, 58°50’E”, juv. ♂, leg. J.P. Ross 24th May 1979, see Distribution and Remarks). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
References
  • Schätti, B., Tillack, F., Stutz, A., & Kucharzewski, C. 2024. Three new cliff racer species from the Sultanate of Oman (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae) and zoogeographic traits of its herpetofauna. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 131(2), 451-486 - get paper here
 
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