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Issue date
2019-05-09Submitted date
2019-12-19Subject Terms
MizoramNatricinae
Opisthotropis
Rhabdops
Smithophis gen. nov.
taxonomy
Reptilia
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Based on the first molecular phylogenetic analyses of samples from northeast India, specimens referred to Rhabdops from this region are more closely related to the southeast and east Asian natricine genera Opisthotropis Günther, 1872 and Sinonatrix Rossman & Eberle, 1977 (as well as to New World and western Palearctic natricines) than to peninsular Indian (true) Rhabdops. Morphologically, these northeast Indian populations differ from other natricines by having a single (‘fused’ or unpaired) internasal shield and a single prefrontal shield. Given the morphological and phylogenetic distinctiveness of these northeast Indian populations, we refer them to a new genus, Smithophis gen. nov., and transfer Rhabdops bicolor (Blyth, 1854) to Smithophis bicolor comb. nov. Based on morphological and molecular variation within our northeast Indian sample, we additionally describe Smithophis atemporalis sp. nov. from the state of Mizoram.Citation
GIRI, VARAD B. et al. A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 4603, n. 2, p. 241–264, may 2019. ISSN 1175-5334. Available at: <https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4603.2.2>. Date accessed: 07 feb. 2020. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2.Publisher
Magnolia PressJournal
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1175-5326EISSN
1175-5334ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2
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