Rhinophis dinarzardae GOWER, SAMPAIO, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE, 2024
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Rhinophis dinarzardae
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Sinhala: Dinarzardege thudulla Tamil: Dinarzardgin nilakael pambu E: Dinarzarde’s’s rhinophis, Dinarzarde’s shieldtail |
| Synonym | Rhinophis dinarzardae GOWER, SAMPAIO, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE 2024: 344 Rhinophis philippinus — CADLE et al. 1990 (in part) Rhinophis philippinus — GOWER 2003 Rhinophis philippinus — BOSSUYT et al. 2004 Rhinophis philippinus — GOWER & ABLETT 2006 Rhinophis philippinus — DOUGLAS & GOWER 2010 Rhinophis philippinus — PYRON et al. 2016 (in part) Rhinophis philippinus — CYRIAC & KODANDARAMAIAH 2017 Rhinophis philippinus — JINS et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Central Province) Type locality: Rattota, near Illukkumbura (Fig. 8), Central Province, Sri Lanka. Rattota is a small town in Matale District (7° 31’ 14” N, 80° 40’ 47” E, ca. 400 m elevation according to GoogleEarth). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. USNM 548092 (Fig. 7), adult male. Collected by Lalith Jayawickrama, 29 October 1979. Paratypes (n = 7). USNM 548089 (female), 548090 (female), 548091 (female) and 548093 (male) (Figs. 9 and 10), collection data as for holotype. CAS 225847 (female), 225857 (male) and 225856 (male), collected from Palatenne (Opalgalla Group), below Pride’s Gap, Central Province, Sri Lanka (ca. 7° 32’ 30” N, 80° 40’ 20” E, 500 m based on GoogleEarth data for “Pallethanna”), 1 May, 1976. Other material (n = 64). Palatenne (Opalgalla Group) below Pride’s Gap, 620 m: CAS 225750, 225752, 225771, 225864, 225867, 225872, 225875, 225877, 225880, 225881, 225890, 225894, 225914, 225915, 225916, 225927, 225938, 225943, 225944, 226480, 226484, 226489, 226494, 226499, 226501, 226502, 226508, 226527, 226536, 226597, 244519, 244541, 244578 [33 specimens]; Palatenne (Opalgalla Group) below Pride’s Gap, 515 m: CAS 225932 [1]; Palatenne (Opalgalla Group) below Pride’s Gap, below 420 m: CAS 226598 [1]; Palatenne: CAS 225940, LSUMZ 39255, 39256 [3]; Palatenne Lines, 618 m: CAS 226227 [1]; Palatenne, above 680 m: CAS 226229, 226232 [2]; Palatenne, below 600 m: CAS 226236, 226237, 226238, 226258, 226259 [5]; Bambaragala, near Midlands on Rattota-Illukkumbura road, 760 m: CAS 226267 [1]; Palatenne (Opalgalla Group), Hunuketa, Rattota, 480 m: CAS 226457, 226459, 226465 [3]; Gammaduwa Road, Hunuketa, Rattota, 480 m: CAS 226466 [1]; Gammaduwa Road, Gammaduwa high, 750 m: CAS 226539, 226541, 226543 [3]; Gammaduwa, below Church, 710 m: CAS 225861, 225862, 225863 [3]; Gammaduwa: Kalugaltenne, 5 miles below church on crest, 690 m: CAS 226596 [1]; Kandehana, near Rattota, Matale District, Central Province (7° 33.73’ N, 80° 40.97’ E; 673 m): NMSL MW1739, NMSL MW1741 [2]; Dombawela, near Palapatwela, Matale District, Central Province (7 33.08 N, 80 37.14 E, 418 m: NMSL MW1754 [2]; Kalugaltenne, Knuckles: NMSL WHT5155, WHT5157, WHT5158 [3]. |
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| Etymology | Named in honour of our colleague and friend Dr. Dinarzarde C. Raheem, in recognition of her high-quality contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial (especially snail) biodiversity of Sri Lanka. Dinarzarde organised and partook in the fieldwork in 2001 that led to the collection of some of the referred specimens of the new species. For nomenclatural purposes, the species epithet is considered a noun in the genitive case. |
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