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Kualatahan pahangensis (TWEEDIE, 1946)

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Higher TaxaHomalopsidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pahang Mud Snake, Pahang Water Snake
G: Pahang-Wassertrugnatter 
SynonymEnhydris pahangensis TWEEDIE 1946: 142
Enhydris pahangensis — GRANDISON 1978: 291
Enhydris pahangensis — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 32
Enhydris pahangensis — MURPHY 2007: 144
Enhydris pahangensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 272
Kualatahan pahangensis — MURPHY & VORIS 2014: 27 
DistributionWest Malaysia

Type locality: Kuala Ta-han, Tembeling River, in the state of Pahang elevation ca. 150–300 m.  
Reproductionviviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesType: BMNH 1947.1.1.70 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Smooth scales, nasal scales in contact; 25 scale rows at mid-body, eight upper labials, upper labials 2–3 contact loreal.


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CommentType species: Enhydris pahangensis TWEEDIE 1946: 142 is the type species of the genus Kualatahan MURPHY & VORIS 2014.

Known from only 5 specimens (Quah et al. 2025). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality Kuala Tahan, at the confluence of the Tembeling and Tahan Rivers, Pahang, peninsular Malaysia. Gender of the genus is neutral. 
References
  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
  • Grandison, A. G. C. 1978. Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81 [1977]: 283-303 - get paper here
  • Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. FIELDIANA: LIFE AND EARTH SCIENCES (8): 1–43 - get paper here
  • Murphy, John C. 2007. Homalopsid Snakes: Evolution in the Mud. Krieger Publishing, Malabar, Florida, 249 pp.
  • Onn, Chan Kin 2009. The Rediscovery of Enhydris pahangensis Tweedie, 1946. Hamadryad 34 (1): 175-176 - get paper here
  • Tweedie, M.W. F. 1946. A new snake from the Malay Peninsula. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (11) 13 (98): 142-144. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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