A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam.

Autor: Nguyen SN; Institute of Tropical Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 85 Tran Quoc Toan St.; Dist. 3; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road; Hanoi; Vietnam. ngocsangitb@yahoo.com., Nguyen VDH; Institute of Tropical Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 85 Tran Quoc Toan St.; Dist. 3; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam. nguyendanghoangvu888@gmail.com., LE MV; Institute of Tropical Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 85 Tran Quoc Toan St.; Dist. 3; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam. leemanh94@gmail.com., Nguyen LT; Indo-Myanmar Conservation; No. 1806; C14 Bac Ha Building; To Huu St.; Tu Liem Dist.; Hanoi; Vietnam. nguyenluanbio@gmail.com., Vo TD; Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering; Nguyen Tat Thanh University; Ho Chi Minh City; Vietnam. vtdhien@ntt.edu.vn., Vo BD; Department of Biology; University of Science; Hue University; 77 Nguyen Hue St.; Hue City; Vietnam. vodinhba@hueuni.edu.vn., Che J; Laboratory of Herpetological Diversity and Evolution; Kunming Institute of Zoology; CAS; China. chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn., Murphy RW; Reptilia Zoo and Education Centre; 2501 Rutherford Rd Vaughan; ON; Canada L4K 2N6. bob.murphy@utoronto.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2023 Jul 18; Vol. 5318 (1), pp. 130-144. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 18.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.6
Abstrakt: We describe a new species of Dendrelaphis from the coastal area in southern Vietnam based on morphological data and nucleotide sequences from one partial mitochondrial gene (Cytb). Dendrelaphis binhi sp. nov. is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: body scale rows 13 at neck and midbody, 9-11 before vent; vertebral scale row feebly enlarged; ventrals 154-158 in males and 161-170 in females; subcaudals 95-106 in males and 95-102 in females; one supralabial touching the eye; 18 or 19 maxillary teeth; hemipenis spinose, reaching 10th or 11th SC, with a slender papilla; cloacal plate divided; dorsum dark brown; and a white stripe along the lower flank. The new species differs from its congeners by an uncorrected p-distance in Cytb sequences of at least 8.1%.
Databáze: MEDLINE