Pareas kaduri BHOSALE, PHANSALKAR, SAWANT, GOWANDE, PATEL & MIRZA, 2020
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Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Pareas kaduri BHOSALE, PHANSALKAR, SAWANT, GOWANDE, PATEL & MIRZA 2020 Pareas (Eberhardtia) kaduri — POYARKOV et al. 2022 |
Distribution | India (Arunachal Pradesh) Type locality: Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit District, outskirts of Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, found along the road leading to Hawa camp from Parshuram Kund; 27.880711° N, 96.363239° E; 350 m elevation (Datum WGS84) |
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Types | Holotype: BNHS 3574, male, adult; 23 Jul. 2019; Harshal Bhosale, Mandar Savant, Pushkar Phansalkar and Gaurang Gowande leg. Paratypes: NCBS BH655–BH656, female. Same collection data as for holotype; BNHS 3575 • 2 males; same collection data as for holotype; 28 Jul. 2019; Zeeshan Mirza, Harshal Bhosale, Mandar Savant, Pushkar Phansalkar and Gaurang Gowande leg. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A new species of Pareas bearing the following suite of characters: (1) SVL 455–550 mm, (2) TaL/ TL 0.184–0.207, (3) 15 dorsal scale rows (DSR) throughout body and mid-dorsal vertebral scale rows enlarged, 8 rows keeled in males, (4) loreal not touching orbit, (5) ventrals 160–183, (6) subcaudals 65–70 in males, 52 in one female specimen, (7) hemipenis short, unilobed, (8) 6–7 maxillary teeth, (9) dorsum brown with thin black transverse bands, the head with a large black blotch from which two longitudinal black stripes (3–4 scales wide) run on each side of the neck leaving a pale central portion (from Bhosale et al. 2020). Additional details (2485 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after wildlife photographer Sandesh Kadur for his contribution to biodiversity documentation in the Himalayas, in particular Arunachal Pradesh, as well as for his constant support to the authors during their expedition. |
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