Rodriguesophis chui (RODRIGUES, 1993)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Muçurana-Nariguda-das-Dunas
Synonym	Phimophis chui RODRIGUES 1993 Rodriguesophis chui — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Rodriguesophis chui — WALLACH et al. 2014: 656 Rodriguesophis chui — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Brazil: Bahia: Santo Inacio.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 10.291, male; 6.x.90, field number MRodrigues 90.7212. Paratype: MZUSP 10.025, 23.viij,88
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Dorsal ground colour brick red both in the adult and juvenile with a characteristic dark brown neck collar; venter immaculate. Rostral normal, not prominent. VentraIs 164-169; 47 pairs of subcaudals.
Comment	R. chui and R. scriptorcibatus are tentatively allocated to Rodriguesophis due to their external similarities with R. iglesiasi.
Etymology	The name honors Dr. Tien Hsi Chu a research associate of Dr. Yatiyo Yonenaga-Yassuda of the Cytogenetics Laboratory of the Institute de Biociencias, University of Sao Paulo. For several years, Chu has patiently obtained fibroblast cultures for the chromossomal preparations ofour animals. I dedicate this species to him with great pleasure. Incidentally the species name refers to one of the diagnostic features: "elm" in chinese is red.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Gustavo Scrocchi, Marco A. Benavides, Ya-Ping Zhang and Sandro L. Bonatto 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x - get paper here GUEDES, THAÍS B.; CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES 2014. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093 - get paper here Hamdan, B. & R. M. Lira-da-Silva 2012. The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra 48 (1): 31-50 - get paper here Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274 - get paper here Rodrigues M T 1993. Herpetofauna of palaeoquaternary sand dunes of the middle Sao Francisco River: Bahia: Brazil. 6. Two new species of Phimophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on the origin of psammophilic adaptations. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 38 (11): 187-198 - get paper here Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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