A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India

被引：11

作者：

Giri, Varad B. ^{[1
]}

Deepak, V. ^{[2
]}

Captain, Ashok ^{[3
]}

Das, Abhijit ^{[4
]}

Das, Sandeep ^{[5
]}

Rajkumar, K. P. ^{[5
]}

Rathish, R. L. ^{[6
]}

Gower, David J. ^{[7
]}

机构：

[1] GKVK, Tata Inst Fundamental Res, Natl Ctr Biol Sci, Bellary Rd, Bengaluru 560065, India

[2] Indian Inst Sci, Ctr Ecol Sci, Bengaluru 560012, India

[3] 33-1 Boat Club Rd, Pune 411001, Maharashtra, India

[4] Wildlife Inst India, Dehra Dun 248001, Uttar Pradesh, India

[5] Kerala Forest Res Inst, Forest Ecol & Biodivers Conservat Div, Peechi 680653, India

[6] Coll Vet & Anim Sci, Dept Vet Epidemiol & Prevent Med, Pookode 673576, Wayanad, India

[7] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London SW7 5BD, England

来源：

ZOOTAXA | 2017年 / 4319卷 / 01期

关键词：

DNA; herpetology; phylogenetics; Rhabdops olivaceus; snakes; taxonomy; Western Ghats; PENINSULAR INDIA; PHYLOGENY; SQUAMATA; PATTERN; MITOCHONDRIAL; CONSERVATION; SYSTEMATICS; INFERENCE; BEDDOME; SNAKES;

D O I：

10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2

中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

Based on analyses of new DNA sequence data for two nuclear (rag1, cmos) and three mitochondrial (16s, cytb, nd4) genes, the Indian snake genus Rhabdops is a natricine. Variation in geography, DNA sequences, the number of ventral scales, pattern and colour for samples of Rhabdops from along the Western Ghats region of peninsular India is concordant, discontinuous and bimodal. We recognise populations from the northern Western Ghats as distinct specifically from the more southerly R. olivaceus and describe Rhabdops aquaticus sp. nov. based on a series of eight specimens from two localities in the Northern Western Ghats. Rhabdops aquaticus sp. nov. is associated particularly with upland laterite plateaus and their associated streams, a threatened habitat within its known distribution.

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页码：27 / 52

页数：26

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