Colubroelaps adleri POYARKOV, BRAGIN & NGUYEN, 2024
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Sibynophiinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Adler’s lace snake Russian: Shnurkovaya zmeya Adlera (Шнурковая змея Адлера) Vietnamese: Rắn hổ nước Át-Lơ |
Synonym | Colubroelaps adleri POYARKOV, BRAGIN & NGUYEN 2024: 382 |
Distribution | Vietnam (Khanh Hoa) Type locality: Dam Bay Research Station, Hon Tre Island, within Nha Trang Bay in Vinh Nguyen Ward, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam (12.198°N, 109.289°E; at the elevation of 30 m asl.). |
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Types | Holotype. ZMMU Re-18000 (field tag NAP-15227), adult female, collected by Nikolay A. Poyarkov and Andrey M. Bragin on June 17, 2023. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Colubroelaps adleri sp. nov. can be distinguished from C. nguyenvansangi by the following combination of morphological characters: body size small (TL 402 mm); tail relatively short (ratio TaL/TL 0.10); dorsal scales in 14–14–14 rows; supralabials six, third and fourth entering orbit; infralabials seven; loreal present; ventral scales 234; subcaudals 30, all divided; cloacal plate divided; dorsal coloration pale brown with narrow and interrupted dark stripe along spine; body flanks dark gray lacking bluish iridescence; ventrally uniform off-white; head black with rostral, nasals, prefrontals, preoculars, loreal, and the two anterior supralabials, as well as the anterior parts of supraoculars and frontal shields dirty yellowish-brown with dark brown spots. (Poyarkov et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2087 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after Dr. Kraig Adler, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University (New York, USA), in recognition of his outstanding support to the international herpetological community as well as his remarkable scientific contribution to Asian herpetology. |
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