A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Nicobar Archipelago
A new species of Boiga is described from the islands of Little and Great Nicobar, Bay of Bengal, India. In the literature, part of the material comprising the type series has been referred to B. dendrophila. The new species is diagnosed by the following suite of characters: SVL 735-1050 (mean 917...
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Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11719/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11719/1/A%20new%20species%20of%20boiga%20%28abstract%29.pdf |
| Summary: | A new species of Boiga is described from the islands of Little and Great Nicobar, Bay of
Bengal, India. In the literature, part of the material comprising the type series has been
referred to B. dendrophila. The new species is diagnosed by the following suite of
characters: SVL 735-1050 (mean 917 ± SE 42.8) mm; snout greater than orbit diameter;
temporals 3 + 3; ventrals 227-233; subcaudals 77-104; hemipenis a single, subcylindrical
organ, reaching subcaudal XII, with simple sulcus spermaticus, basally spinose to
subcaudal VI, distally flounced to subcaudal XII; dorsum cinnamon, each scale edged
with brownish olive; ventrum spectrum yellow with dark rounded blotches in the
abdominal region and on subcaudals; labials unpatterned yellow; and dark postocular
stripe lacking. |
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