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FIGURE 1 in Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka

  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
  • 2. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK & Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
  • 3. Herpetological Foundation of Sri Lanka, 31/5, Alwis Town, Hendala, Wattala, Sri Lanka

Description

FIGURE 1. Holotype of Rhinophis martin sp. nov., USNM 548119. Upper row: head end in right lateral, dorsal, ventral and left lateral views; Central two rows whole specimen in ventral (upper) and dorsal (lower) views); Lower row: tail end in left lateral, ventral, dorsal and right lateral views. Scale bar increments in millimetres. Photographs by H. Taylor.

Notes

Published as part of Gower, David J., Sampaio, Filipa L., Vidanapathirana, Dulan Ranga & Mendis Wickramasinghe, L. J., 2024, Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka, pp. 332-360 in Zootaxa 5458 (3) on page 334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/11547469

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