Ptyas bachmaensis NGUYEN, VO, ORLOV, PHAN, LE, NGUYEN, TRAN, MURPHY & CHE, 2024
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Ptyas bachmaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Bach Ma green rat snake Vietnamese: Rắn ráo xanh Bạch Mã |
| Synonym | Ptyas bachmaensis NGUYEN, VO, ORLOV, PHAN, LE, NGUYEN, TRAN, MURPHY & CHE 2024: 3 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Thua Thien-Hue, Kon Tum) Type locality: Bach Ma Mountain, Bach Ma National Park, Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam; coordinates N16°11′40′′, E107°51′40′′; elevation 1330 m above sea level (a.s.l.) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ITBCZ 8628, adult male, collected by Cao Van Nguyen, Ba Dinh Vo, Khanh Duy Phan, and Sang Ngoc Nguyen, on 26 September 2023 (Figures 2, 3). Paratypes: ITBCZ 8507, gravid female, also collected from Bach Ma Mountain, Bach Ma National Park, Phu Loc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam, coordinates N16°11′36′′, E107°51′11′′, elevation 1260 m a.s.l. by Ba Dinh Vo, on 4 October 2023; ZISP 32661, juvenile specimen, collected from Kon Du Village, Mang Canh Commune, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam, coordinates N14°41′25′′, E108° 19′31′′, elevation 1210 m a.s.l. in October 2018 (Figure 4). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ptyas bachmaensis sp. nov. is distinguished from all congeners by the unique combination of the following morphological characters: large-sized snake (largest TL 2 401 mm in adult male); body scale rows in even numbers, 16 rows at neck and midbody, 14 rows before vent; two medial vertebral scale rows throughout; two and two or four medial scale rows keeled on middle and posterior parts of body, respectively; ventrals 194–199; subcaudals 132–138; supralabials 8, fourth and fifth entering orbit; maxillary teeth 28 or 29; hemipenis spinose and unforked, reaching 12th subcaudal; cloacal plate divided; lateral side of tail black, without a bright stripe. (Nguyen et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2463 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality in the Bach Ma Mountain. |
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