Boiga ceylonensis
| Autor: | Ganesh, S. R., Mallik, Ashok Kumar, Achyuthan, N. S., Shanker, Kartik, Vogel, Gernot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.5047178 |
| Popis: | Updated key to the species of the Boiga ceylonensis complex (modified from Ganesh et al. 2020) 1a. Midbody scale rows 17 or 19............................................................................ 2 1b. Midbody scale rows 21 or 23............................................................................ 7 2a. Dorsum greenish, venter uniform lemon yellow................................................... B. flaviviridis 2b. Dorsum brownish, venter grey, powdered with brown dots..................................................... 3 3a. Crown not marked; subcaudals> 100 pairs........................................................ B. beddomei 3b. Crown marked with blackish-brown blotches; subcaudals B. whitakeri sp. nov. 5b. Crown markings on parietals evident and dark; bands distinctly black, thicker and complete................ B. ceylonensis 6a. Preocular 1; 17 or 19 dorsal rows dorsum barred................................................... B. thackerayi 6b. Preoculars 3; 19 dorsal rows, dorsum blotched...................................................... B. barnesii 7a. Ventral and ventrolateral region unpatterned................................................... B. andamanensis 7b. Ventral and ventrolateral region with patterns............................................................... 8 8a. Temporals subequal to coastal body scales; dorsum uniform........................................... B. dightoni 8b. Temporals much larger than coastal body scales; dorsum barred........................................ B. nuchalis Published as part of Ganesh, S. R., Mallik, Ashok Kumar, Achyuthan, N. S., Shanker, Kartik & Vogel, Gernot, 2021, A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species, pp. 449-468 in Zootaxa 4981 (3) on page 463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4921065 {"references":["Ganesh, S. R., Achyuthan, N. S., Chandramouli, S. R. & Vogel, G. (2020) Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): reexamination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key. Zootaxa, 4779 (3), 301 - 332."]} |
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