Ahaetulla borealis MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, PAL, D’SOUZA, SHANKER & GANESH, 2020
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Ahaetulla borealis MALLIK, SRIKANTHAN, PAL, D’SOUZA, SHANKER & GANESH 2020: 37 Dryophis nasutus — SHARMA 1976: 163 |
Distribution | India: (Northern Western Ghats, from Devimane Ghats in Karnataka to Matheran in Maharashtra) Type locality: Castlerock (15.397 N, 74.342 E, 670 msl) in the Northern Western Ghats, Uttara Canara district, Karnataka. |
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Types | Holotype. BNHS 3590 (CESS421); adult male; Castlerock, Karnataka; Coll. Saunak P. Pal and S.R. Chandramouli, 2012. Paratype. BNHS 3591 (CESS104); adult female; Matheran, Maharashtra; Coll. Ashok Kumar Mallik, 2010. |
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Comment | Distribution: See map in Mallik et al. 2020: 14 (Fig. 4). |
Etymology | Latin, adjective termed after the ‘boreal’ or northern parts of a region, referring to its distribution in the Northern Western Ghats. |
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