Herpetoreas davidi NGUYEN, LALREMSANGA, BIAKZUALA & VOGEL, 2024
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Herpetoreas davidi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Rakhine Keelback |
| Synonym | Herpetoreas davidi NGUYEN, LALREMSANGA, BIAKZUALA & VOGEL 2024 Amphiesma xenura – Wogan et al. 2008: 87, in part) (non Herpetoreas xenura Wall 1907) Amphiesma xenura – DAS 2010: 335 (in part.) Amphiesma xenura — REZA 2010: 64 (in part.) Amphiesma xenura — WALLACH et al. 2014: 35 (in part.) Herpetoreas xenura – REN et al. 2022: 79 (in part.) Herpetoreas sp. – DEEPAK et al. 2022: 285 (in part.) Herpetoreas sp. — PATEL et al. 2023: 431 Herpetoreas davidi — DUTTA et al. 2026 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Rakhine), India (Arunachal Pradesh) Type locality: MYANMAR, Daung Stream, within Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary, Gwa Township, Rakhine State; 17.5844166667° N, 94.6812777778° E, WGS 84; ca 120 m a.s.l.; |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 222969, adult male, 23 Jan. 2002; G.O.U. Wogan and S.W. Kyi leg.; . Paratypes: CAS 220256, CAS 220332, CAS 220378, 1 ♀ adult, 1 ♀ subadult, 1 ♂ subadult; , Kyat Stream, Rakhine Yoma Elephant Sanctuary, Gwa Township, Rakhine State; 17.7038888889° N, 94.6484166667° E, WGS 84; ca 175 m a.s.l.; 26–27 and 29 Apr. 2021, respectively; J.B. Slowinski, G.O.U. Wogan, H. Win, T. Thin, and K.S. Lwin leg., CAS 220550, 1 ♂ adult, Daung Stream, Rakhine Yoma, Elephant Sanctuary, Gwa Township, Rakhine State; 17.5841833333° N, 94.67815° E, WGS 84; ca 125 m a.s.l.; 1 May 2021; J.B. Slowinski, G.O.U. Wogan, H. Win, T. Thin, and K.S. Lwin leg. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Herpetoreas davidi sp. nov. differs from all other members of the genus Herpetoreas by the combination of the following morphological characters: (1) body cylindrical, small size, max. TL 552 mm; (2) tail relatively long in both sexes, TaL/TL 0.301–0.310; (3) dorsal scale rows 19–19–17; all strongly keeled;(4) ventrals 151–156; cloacal plate single, subcaudals single; subcaudals 97–100; (5) supralabials 9,4th–6th entering orbit; (6) head with a faint off-white sagittal line just behind the parietal; (7) dorsum dark olive-brown or dark brown with indistinct series of pale spots; (8) venter off-whitish, each ventral decorated with a pair of indistinct and faint dark-brown spots on their lateral edges. (Nguyen et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about .29 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Nguyen et al. 2024: 176 (Fig. 7). |
| Etymology | Named after Patrick David (MNHN, Paris, France), French reptile taxonomist. |
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