Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus KRAUS, KAISER & O’SHEA, 2022
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Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus KRAUS, KAISER & O'SHEA 2022: 1021 Toxicocalamus loriae X T. stanleyanus (part) – MCDOWELL 1969: 485 Toxicocalamus loriae Clade 2 – STRICKLAND et al. 2016: 671 |
| Distribution | Papua New Guinea Type locality: Saiko, 11 km SW Garaina, 7.9538°S, 147.0567°E, elevation 1856 m, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. BPBM 41381, an adult female collected by Allen Allison on 15 February 2012. Paratypes (n = 12). Papua New Guinea: Morobe Prov- ince: same locality as holotype, BPBM 41390; Amu Creek, near Garaina, 7.9555°S, 147.0569°E, elev. 1660 m, BPBM 41391; Garaina, 7.89°S, 147.14°E, elev. 770 m, AMNH R-95624, R-101101, R-101103, R-103681, R-107203–04, MCZ R-152428–29, R-152431; Saurere, 7 km W Garaina, 7.9222°S, 147.0878°E, elev. 1440 m, PNGM 22767. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “A moderately sized member of the T. loriae Group (SVL up to 600 mm) with the following unique combination of characters: two scales covering vent; three infralabials contacting first genial; a single intergenial between posterior genials, widest posteriorly; preocular contacting nasal (87%) or not (13%), not contacting internasal (93.3%); relatively long snout (SNL/SNW mean = 1.16, range = 0.99–1.40); relatively large eye (EY/SNL mean = 0.22, range = 0.17–0.24); two postoculars (93%); usually three (67%) posterior temporals; ventral scale count sexually dimorphic with overlap (t12 = 3.7381, p = 0.001416), 172–184 ventrals in eight males, 178–197 in six females; subcaudals sexually dimorphic without overlap, 43–57 in males, 20–29 in females; SCR strongly sexually dimorphic, with the relative contribution of subcaudal scale number in males twice what it is in females (20.0–24.0 in males, 10.0–13.1 in females); pale parietal blotch usually absent (present in four small specimens); pale markings on prefrontals present; and venter uniformly yellow.” (Kraus et al. 2022) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 9388 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the Greek σπίλος (spilos = spot) and ῥῠ́γχος (rhynchos = snout), in recognition of the distinctive prefrontal blotch that typifies the species. |
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