Trachischium sushantai RAHA, DAS, BAG, DEBNATH & PRAMANICK, 2018
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Trachischium sushantai
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Sushanta’s Worm-eating Snake G: Sushantas Wurmschlange |
| Synonym | Trachischium sushantai RAHA, DAS, BAG, DEBNATH & PRAMANICK 2018 |
| Distribution | India (Jammu, Kashmir) Type locality: “Jammu” (Jammu & Kashmir state, India) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZSI 25651A, National Zoological Collection, ZSI, Kolkata; adult female; from ‘Jammu’ (Jammu & Kashmir state, India); collected on 4th August, 1993, during Jammu survey; name of collector is given in register as ‘Rajtilok’. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Trachischium sushantai sp. nov. can be diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: a single nasal and PF, SL (R/L) 6/6, post-ocular 1, DSCH:M:V 13:13:13; VEN 152; SC 23 pairs of which those on anterior half of tail are as long as wide and regular hexagon/ rhomboid shaped, TAL/TL ratio of 0.11, head and dorsum uniform dark brown, venter brown with cream or yellow border on the trailing edges of VEN and SC. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The new species is named after Sushanta Kumar Das, father of the second author of present paper. He is an enthusiastic nature observer who have spent a significant amount of time of his life in forested areas of West Bengal (India) and nurtured the same interest in the second author. The specific epithet, a patronym, is a noun in genitive case. |
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