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| Rooijen, J. van; Vogel, G.. |
| The taxonomic status of the colubrid snake Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803) was investigated on the basis of morphological data taken from 64 museum specimens. Univariate and multivariate analyses of these data reveal that Dendrelaphis tristis is composed of two species. One of these species agrees with the description of Dipsas schokari Kuhl, 1820 which is revalidated in the combination Dendrelaphis schokari (Kuhl, 1820). The syntypes of D. schokari have been lost and a type for D. tristis has never been deposited in a collection. Neotypes are designated and described for both species in order to stabilize the names. D. schokari differs from D. tristis in having a lower number of ventrals and subcaudals, a larger eye, a shorter vertebral stripe and the... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Dendrelaphis; Dendrelaphis tristis; Dipsas schokari; Taxonomy; India; Western Ghats; Sri Lanka; 42.82. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/269646 |
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