Dendrelaphis wickrorum DANUSHKA, KANISHKA, AMARASINGHE, VOGEL & SENEVIRATNE, 2020
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Dendrelaphis wickrorum
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Wickramasinghes Bronze-back |
| Synonym | Dendrelaphis wickrorum DANUSHKA, KANISHKA, AMARASINGHE, VOGEL & SENEVIRATNE 2020: 90 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Punduloya, 4,000 ft, Ceylon (= Pundaluoya, Sri Lanka, 7 ̊00'47'' N, 80 ̊39'47'' E; alt. 1,060 m a.s.l.), Nuwara Eliya District, Central Province, Sri Lanka. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BMNH 1905.3.25.98, adult male, SVL 368.0 mm, collected. Collector and the date unknown. Paratypes (n=4). Adult female, DWC 2020.05.03, SVL 708.0 mm, collected from Pinwatta-Panadura (6 ̊41'23'' N, 79 ̊55'24'' E; alt. 15 m a.s.l.), Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka; Adult male, DWC 2020.05.04, SVL 489.0 mm, collected from Kuda-Waskaduwa (6 ̊37'11'' N, 79 ̊56'51'' E; alt. 15 m a.s.l.), Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, by L.J.M. Wickramasinghe on 20 October 2006; Subadult male, USNM 267765, SVL 285.0 mm, collected from Labugama (6 ̊50'49'' N, 80 ̊11'35'' E; alt. 140 m a.s.l.), Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, by A. de Silva, on December 1976; Juvenile male, BMNH 1946.1.10.20, SVL 174.0 mm, collected from Ceylon, by Mr. Hugh Cuming (paralectotype of D. bifrenalis), collecting data unknown; see Tables 4 for morphometric and meristic characters. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The following combination of characters distinguishes the new species from Dendrelaphis bifrenalis: shorter snout: ED 103– 114% of EN (vs 77–95%), larger eye: ED 21– 23% of HL (vs 17–20%), presence of a temporal stripe stopping just beyond the neck (vs continues behind neck), absence of black transverse dorsolateral bars on the anterior 1/4th of body (vs prominent), presence of a ventro- lateral stripe continuing up to the tail (vs stopping at the level of anal plate) and narrow and pointed snout (vs broad and flat). Furthermore a divided nasal (vs single) distinguishes the new species; the differences are shown in Figs. 8 & 9, and summarized in Tables 6 & 7 in Danushka et al. 2020. Additional details (1149 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: See map in Danushka et al. 2020: 96 (Fig. 10). |
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