Oligodon tolaki AMARASINGHE, HENKANATHTHEGEDARA, CAMPBELL, RIYANTO, HALLERMANN & VOGEL, 2021
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Oligodon tolaki
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Oligodon tolaki AMARASINGHE, HENKANATHTHEGEDARA, CAMPBELL, RIYANTO, HALLERMANN & VOGEL 2021 Oligodon waandersi –– DE LANG & VOGEL 2005 [partim] |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Southeast Sulawesi) Type locality: Gunung (Mt.) Mekongga (3˚34'49.60''S, 121˚09'34.50'' E), alt. 1097 m a.s.l.), Tinukari, Wawo, North Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZB 4570, adult male, collected by W. Trilaksana, on 6 July 2010 Paratypes: MZB 2669, MZB 2812, MZB 2831, MZB 2991, MZB 2832 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Oligodon tolaki sp. nov. is distinguished from other congeners by having the following combination of characters: maximum SVL 340 mm, a single postocular, a single loreal, a single cloacal plate, completely divided nasal, ventrals 150–169, subcaudals 18–26, temporals 1þ2, six SUPs with third and fourth in contact with eye, DSRs 15-15-15, hemipenes not forked and covered with spines, maxillary teeth 6–7, shorter tail (TL 6.8–11.2% of total length), brownish dorsum with few dark-edged spots on the vertebral line anteriorly, reddish brown vertebral line on the posterior body and tail, mostly a blackish brown blotch below eye, and whitish collar band interrupted middorsally. (Amarasinghe et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Similar species: O. waandersi, O. propinquus |
| Etymology | The specific epithet refers to the major ethnic group in Sulawesi, ‘‘Tolaki,’’ and is formed here as an invariable noun in apposition. The Tolaki tribe is mostly distributed in the Southeast Sulawesi where the new species is also found. |
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