Ophiophagus salvatana GOWRI SHANKAR, DAS & WÜSTER, 2024
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Ophiophagus salvatana
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Luzon king cobra |
| Synonym | Ophiophagus salvatana GOWRI SHANKAR, DAS & WÜSTER in DAS et al. 2024: 30 |
| Distribution | Philippine Islands (Luzon) Type locality: Luzon, Benguet Province, Baguio; 16.40° N, 120.60° E. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CAS 61329, male. Paratypes: PHILIPPINES • 1 spec.; Luzon, Isabella; 17.00° N, 122.00° E; BMNH 94.10.24.15 • 1 ♀; Luzon, Camarines Sur Province, Gota Beach Caramoan; 13.88° N, 123.70° E; UF 50927 • 1 ♂; Luzon, Camarines Sur Province, Caramoan Municipality, Tarago Base Camp; ca 13.82° N, 123.80° E; UF 55008 • 1 ♂; Luzon, Pampanga Province, Sapang Tagalog, Tarlac; 15.42° N, 120.59° E; UPM 1692 • 1 ♂; Luzon, Camarines Sur Province, San Pedro, Iriga; 13.49° N, 123.47° E; FMNH 53553. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Ophiophagus inhabiting Luzon Island in the northern Philippines and exhibiting the following combination of characters: lacking pale bands along body of adults (vs with dark-edged, pale bands in O. hannah; lacking dark edges to the pale bands, if present, in O. bungarus, or with a pale band in O. kaalinga sp. nov.). Further, it differs from O. hannah in having fewer pterygoid teeth (11 vs 18– 21). Finally, juveniles of O. salvatana sp. nov. have extremely angular pale body bands, with the dark intervening areas covering 2–3 scales (vs more rounded pale body bands, the intervening areas covering 4–9 scales in congeners). The new species, with 85–86 pale body bands, can be easily separated from O. hannah (27–48) and O. kaalinga (28–48); relative tail length ranging 18.7–23.0% with a mean of 20.85% (vs 21.7–26.4% [24.05%] in O. hannah; vs 19.3–25.1% [22.2%] in O. bungarus; vs 18.0–19.9% [18.95%] in O. kaalinga). |
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