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Trachischium sushantai RAHA, DAS, BAG, DEBNATH & PRAMANICK, 2018

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sushanta’s Worm-eating Snake
G: Sushantas Wurmschlange 
SynonymTrachischium sushantai RAHA, DAS, BAG, DEBNATH & PRAMANICK 2018 
DistributionIndia (Jammu, Kashmir)

Type locality: “Jammu” (Jammu & Kashmir state, India)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 25651A, National Zoological Collection, ZSI, Kolkata; adult female; from ‘Jammu’ (Jammu & Kashmir state, India); collected on 4th August, 1993, during Jammu survey; name of collector is given in register as ‘Rajtilok’. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Trachischium sushantai sp. nov. can be diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: a single nasal and PF, SL (R/L) 6/6, post-ocular 1, DSCH:M:V 13:13:13; VEN 152; SC 23 pairs of which those on anterior half of tail are as long as wide and regular hexagon/ rhomboid shaped, TAL/TL ratio of 0.11, head and dorsum uniform dark brown, venter brown with cream or yellow border on the trailing edges of VEN and SC.


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Comment 
EtymologyThe new species is named after Sushanta Kumar Das, father of the second author of present paper. He is an enthusiastic nature observer who have spent a significant amount of time of his life in forested areas of West Bengal (India) and nurtured the same interest in the second author. The specific epithet, a patronym, is a noun in genitive case. 
References
  • RAHA, SUJOY; SUNANDAN DAS, PROBHAT BAG, SUDIPTA DEBNATH, KOUSIK PRAMANICK 2018. Description of a new species of genus Trachischium with a redescription of Trachischium fuscum (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 4370 (5): 549-561 - get paper here
 
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