Rhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n4a2 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BFFD82EF-50C9-42BF-8493-DF57591EA4FF |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579359 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A82A47-8300-FF98-FF06-FE03FCFE7E5C |
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Felipe |
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Rhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011 |
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Rhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011
Rhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011: 53 View Cited Treatment .
TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: CAS 226024. Paratypes: CAS 225806, CAS 226025-226035, and CAS 226042-226044.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Harasbedda, near Ragala, Central province, Sri Lanka.
ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin lineatus for ‘lined’, referring to the dorsal color-pattern.
DISTRIBUTION. — This species is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the central hills of the wet zone of Sri Lanka, c. 1460 m ( Gower & Maduwage 2011; Wallach et al. 2014).
DESCRIPTION
Maximum total length c. 290 mm, ventrals 182-195, subcaudals 4-7, dorsal scales in 17 rows at midbody (see Gower & Maduwage 2011). Distinctive color-pattern, with regular, narrow, longitudinal stripes (alternating pale/dark) around and along almost the entire body. It is the only species in the genus characterised by a colour pattern of multiple, narrow longitudinal stripes.
REMARKS
This species was referred to as Rhinophis sp. 1 by Cadle et al. (1990), who demonstrated its distinctiveness using allozyme data. A specimen of this species was mis-labeled as R. drummondhayi by de Silva (1990; see Gower & Maduwage 2011).
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California Academy of Sciences |
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Rhinophis lineatus Gower & Maduwage, 2011
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