TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF Liopeltis calamaria (GÜNTHER, 1858) (REPTILIA : COLUBRIDAE), INCLUDING REDESCRIPTION OF THE SYNTYPES

Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; Karunarathna, Suranjan; Campbell, Patrick D.; Ganesh, S.R.; Vogel, Gernot

doi:10.47605/tapro.v9i1.220

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“…Both were from under rocks, within midelevation deciduous forest belts in riverine tracts. Remarks: Recently, this species was redescribed by Amarasinghe et al (2020).…”

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Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India

S.R.¹,

Guptha

2021

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Herpetological diversity of the Eastern Ghats hill range in the Indian peninsula has been mostly overlooked and incompletely documented. We here present information on the amphibian and reptile diversity in the poorly-explored Central Eastern Ghats hill range in peninsular India. Based on a 1,000-hour bioinventory study of the series of ranges between the Palar River (abutting Tamil Nadu) and the Krishna River (abutting Telangana) for about 10 months (300 field days), we present the following results. A total of 105 species of herpetofauna, consisting of 24 amphibian species, 35 lizard species, 42 snake species and 4 chelonian species were documented. Several new range extension records and new findings of rare species are discussed, substantiated by photovouchers, pre-existing museum specimens or both.

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“…Both were from under rocks, within midelevation deciduous forest belts in riverine tracts. Remarks: Recently, this species was redescribed by Amarasinghe et al (2020).…”

Section: Variegated Kukri Snake Oligodon Taeniolatus (Jerdon 1853)mentioning

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Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India

S.R.¹,

Guptha

2021

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“…The total length of the snake was 360 mm, SVL 260 mm, relative tail length 27.7%, and weight 8 g. Using characters described in Günther (1858), Smith (1943), Chunekar and Alekar (2015), Bhattarai et al (2018), Amarasinghe et al (2020), andNarayanan et al (2020), and with help from Rakeshwar Kapoor and Siddharth Singh, we tentatively identified the snake as a Calamaria Reedsnake. Photographs (Fig.…”

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“…T he genus Liopeltis (Colubridae) comprises eight species, of which the Calamaria Reedsnake (Liopeltis calamaria) has been recorded in Sri Lanka, India, and Nepal (Uetz et al 2021). However, the northern Indian and Nepalese popula-tions, which are separated from the peninsular Indian and Sri Lankan populations by the Indo-Gangetic Plains, might be distinct and need to be examined using molecular tools (Amarasinghe et al 2020).…”

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A New Record of the Calamaria Reedsnake, Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858), from the Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh, India

Bajaj

2022

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Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species

Mirza,

Bhardwaj,

Pal

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The colubrid snakes of the genera Gongylosoma Fitzinger, 1843 and Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 are distributed across south and southeast Asia with five and eight nominate species, respectively. Despite their wide distribution, members of these genera are among some of the least-known colubrids. The two genera were considered synonymous in the past only to be separated later, and are defined on rather nebulose characters with a lack of support from molecular data. To test the monophyly of the two genera, we generated molecular data for the type species of Gongylosoma and species representing the two genera, including samples of Liopeltis rappii (Günther, 1860) from the western Himalayas. Results recovered paraphyly of Liopeltis, especially with regard to the genus Gongylosoma. Morphological data supports recognizing the western and eastern populations of L. rappii as two distinct species. The findings from our integrative taxonomic approach advocate establishing a new genus to embody Liopeltis rappii and a new allied species from the central and western Himalayas. A rediagnosis and revised classification of the genera Gongylosoma and Liopeltis is presented. The results further hint at cryptic diversity across members of the two genera, warranting scrutiny of the most widespread members of the group.

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TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION OF Liopeltis calamaria (GÜNTHER, 1858) (REPTILIA : COLUBRIDAE), INCLUDING REDESCRIPTION OF THE SYNTYPES

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India

Herpetological diversity in the Central Eastern Ghats, Peninsular India

A New Record of the Calamaria Reedsnake, Liopeltis calamaria (Günther 1858), from the Western Himalayan Region of Himachal Pradesh, India

Phylogeny and systematics of the colubrid snake genera Liopeltis and Gongylosoma (Squamata: Colubridae) and description of a new Himalayan endemic genus and species

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