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Rhynchocalamus hejazicus LICATA, POLA, ŠMÍD, IBRAHIM, LIZ, SANTOS, PATKÓ, ABDULKAREEM, GONÇALVES, ALSHAMMARI, BUSAIS, EGAN, RAMALHO, SMITHSON & BRITO, 2024

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hejaz black–collared snake
Arabic: أبو حناء [Abu Henna] 
SynonymRhynchocalamus hejazicus LICATA, POLA, ŠMÍD, IBRAHIM, LIZ, SANTOS, PATKÓ, ABDULKAREEM, GONÇALVES, ALSHAMMARI, BUSAIS, EGAN, RAMALHO, SMITHSON & BRITO 2024: 696 
DistributionSaudi Arabia (Medina)

Type locality: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Medina Province, Shaaran Nature Reserve (26.85895°N, 38.30387°E), 1035 m elevtion.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. RCU-URN-93850, Adult male (sample code FLI447; Fig. 3; Table 1). Collected by Fulvio Licata on May 24, 2023. Paratypes. RCU-URN-94064 (sample code FLI330; Fig. 3; Table 1), melanistic adult female collected by Fulvio Licata and Leili Khalatbari on May 11, 2023, KSA, Medina Province, Harrat Khaybar (25.60676°N, 39.96734°E), elevation 1616 m asl, MorphoBank accessions: M902243–M902247; RCU-URN-94065 (sample code JCB222), juvenile male collected by José Carlos Brito on November 2, 2023, KSA, Medina Province, Jabal Al Ward (26.36263°N, 37.38780°E), elevation 1277 m asl, MorphoBank accessions: M902256–M902261; NMP 76815 (sample code LP760; Fig. 4; Table 1), juvenile male collected by Damien M. Egan and Lukáš Pola on April 22, 2022, KSA, Tabuk / Medina Provinces, Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, 26 km east of Al Qurr village (26.6028142°N, 37.1225145°E), elevation 781 m asl, MorphoBank accessions: M902293–M902338; NMP 76816 (sample code JIR551), adult, sex undetermined, collected by Ahmed Mohajja AlShammari and Mubarak Al–Aslami in July 2021, KSA, Hail Province, Jabal Salma, south of An Niayy village (27.165278°N, 42.294444°E), elevation 1052 m asl, MorphoBank accessions: M902290–M902292; MNHN–RA–2023.0013 (sample code JIR544; Fig. 4; Table 1) adult female collected by Adel A. Ibrahim and Ahmed Mohajja AlShammari on May 11, 2017, KSA, Hail Province, Jabal Salma, Wadi Al–Azraq, east of Zekheen village (26.948889°N, 41.973889°E), elevation 1099 m asl, MorphoBank accessions: M902262–M902289. 
Diagnosis 
CommentMorphoBank accessions: M902248–M902255 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in the Hejaz Mountains. 
References
  • Licata F, Pola L, Šmíd J, Ibrahim AA, Liz AV, Santos B, Patkó L, Abdulkareem A, Gonçalves DV, AlShammari AM, Busais S, Egan DM, Ramalho RMO, Smithson J, Brito JC 2024. The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 691-704 - get paper here
 
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