Rhinophis martin GOWER, SAMPAIO, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE, 2024
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Rhinophis martin
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| Higher Taxa | Uropeltidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Sinhala: Martinge thudulla Tamil: Maartinin nilakael pambu E: Martin’s rhinophis, Martin’s shieldtail |
| Synonym | Rhinophis martin GOWER, SAMPAIO, VIDANAPATHIRANA & WICKRAMASINGHE 2024: 333 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka (Sabaragamuwa) Type locality: , “Hayes/Gongala”, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Hayes (6.37° N, 80.65° E; ca. 820 m) is a tea estate and Gongala is a nearby mountain (peaking at 6.386° N, 80.654° E; 1,358 m elevation), < 2 km to the north-northwest on the eastern edge of Sinharaja Forest Reserve, part of the Rakwana Massif. |
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| Types | Holotype. USNM 548119 (Fig. 1, Table 1), adult female (Fig. 2). Collected by Lalith Jayawickrama, 24 October 1979. Paratypes (n = 10; Table 1). USNM 548100 (female) collected “Hayes”, 10 August 1977. USNM 548117 and 548118 (males) collected “Hayes/Gongala”, 24 October 1979. USNM 548120 (female), 548121 (female), 548122 (male), and 548123 (male) collected “Hayes/Gongala”, 26 October 1979. All seven of these USNM paratypes were collected by Lalith Jayawickrama. NMSL-NH 2024.01.01 (female) and NMSL-NH 2024.01.02 and DWC 2024.05.01 (males) collected from Burusgala, near Deniyaya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (6.38° N, 80.60° E; ca. 750 m) by Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana and L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe, 22 August 2018. Other specimens (n = 22; Table 2). Eight males, 11 females, and three incomplete specimens for which sex is less confidently inferred (Table 2): USNM 548096–548099 and 548101–548110 collected by Lalith Jayawickrama from Hayes 14 July–18 August, 1977; USNM 548111–548116, 548124, 548125 collected by Lalith Jayawickrama from Hayes/Gongala 24–26 October, 1979. These are considered referred rather than type material because they were examined in less detail than the type series. |
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