A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka
Author
Vidanapathirana, L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe Dulan Ranga
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Pushpamal, Vishan
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Wickramasinghe, Nethu
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-06
4748
2
248
260
journal article
23704
10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.2
62a26005-245c-4298-ae96-2de02d77897b
1175-5326
3698755
90DAFF0F-6ABD-402F-8F37-85AF23CA83BF
TABLE 1. Meristic and morphometric data for 40 characters of the holotype (*) and paratype (**) of Dryocalamus chithrasekarai sp. nov. Bilateral scale are counts given in left, right order. Character numbers in parentheses, as follows: (1) CL, (2) DBE, (3) DFE, (4) ED, (5) HD, (6) HL, (7) HW, (8) IN, (9) IO, (10)NE, (11) ND, (12) SE, (13) SG, (14) SN, (15) SVL, (16) TL, (17) relative tail length (Tol/TL), (18) anal scute, (19) anterior chinshield, (20) dorsal scale rows at midbody, (21) coastals with apical pits, (22) supralabials in contact with eye, (23) frontal, (24) infralabials, (25) internasals, (26) lorials, (27) nasal, (28) parietals, (29) posterior chinshield, (30) post-occulars, (31) preanal, (32) prefrontals, (33) preventrals, (34) subcaudals, (35) subcaudals, (36) supralabials, (37) supraocculars, (38) temporals, (39) ventral marking, (40) ventrals.| Dryocalamus chithrasekarai sp. nov |
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| NMSL-NH 2019.26.01 * | DWC 2019.05.03 ** | | NMSL-NH 2019.26.01 * | DWC 2019.05.03 ** | | NMSL-NH 2019.26.01 * | DWC 2019.05.03 ** | | NMSL-NH 2019.26.01 * | DWC 2019.05.03 ** |
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| (1) | 2.1 | 1.7 | (11) | 0.1 | 0.2 | (21) | 1 (Yes) | 1 (Yes) | (31) | single | double |
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| (2) | 5.3 | 3.6 | (12) | 2.8 | 2.2 | (22) | 3,4 | 3,4 | (32) | 2 | 2 |
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| (3) | 3.5 | 2.6 | (13) | 6.2 | 5.6 | (23) | 1 | 1 | (33) | 1 | 2 |
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| (4) | 1.8 | 1.6 | (14) | 1.2 | 0.9 | (24) | 8 | 7 | (34) | 99 | 103 |
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| (5) | 3.5 | 2.5 | (15) | 328.0 | 199.0 | (25) | 2 | 2 | (35) | divided | divided |
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| (6) | 9.8 | 7.6 | (16) | 108.2 | 58.0 | (26) | 1 | 1 | (36) | 7 | 8 |
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| (7) | 6.0 | 4.6 | (17) | 4.0 | 4.4 | (27) | 2 | 2 | (37) | 1 | 1 |
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| (8) | 2.4 | 1.6 | (18) | divided | divided | (28) | 2 | 2 | (38) | 2+2 | 2+2 |
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| (9) | 4.7 | - | (19) | 2 | 2 | (29) | 2 | 2 | (39) | yes | Yes |
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| (10) | 1.5 | 1.2 | (20) | 15 | 15 | (30) | 2 | 2 | (40) | 228 | 243 |
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