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FIGURE 16 in Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae)

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  • 1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA
  • 2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
  • 3. Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Dr Salim Ali Chowk, Mumbai, 400001, India & School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK & Senckenberg Dresden, Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Dresden, 01109, Germany & Science Group, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
  • 4. Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, 69115, Germany
  • 5. Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Stewardship, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 19085, USA & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA & Developmental Biology and Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, 76004, India *Corresponding author. justinllee@verizon.net Justin L. Lee: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9782-8503 Platon V. Yushchenko: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-7334 Saunak Pal: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8267-4708 V. Deepak: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8826-9367 Gernot Vogel: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-518X Nikolay A. Poyarkov: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7576-2283 Aaron M. Bauer: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6839-8025 H. T. Lalremsanga: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3080-8647 & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA

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FIGURE 16. Variation in dorsal head shape, head markings and color pattern in three Oligodon species that exist in sympatry or near-sympatry. Oligodon albocinctus and Oligodon amabilis comb. nov. (A), Oligodon "cinereus" displaying a color morphotype with light bands and black edges (B) and Oligodon cyclurus (C). (A1) O. amabilis comb. nov. (CAS 216636; adult female), banded morphotype from vicinity of Kanthaya Beach, Thandwe District, Rakhine State, Myanmar; (A2) O. albocinctus (CAS 221511; adult male), banded morphotype from Rabaw, Putao District, Kachin State, Myanmar; (A3) O. albocinctus (NMHW 25817.1; adult male), banded morphotype from "Sikkim", Sikkim State, India; (A4) O. albocinctus (MZMU R.165; adult male), blotched morphotype from Mizoram State, India; (A5) O. albocinctus (MZMU 3028; adult female), blotched morphotype from Manipur State, India; O. albocinctus (CIB 9894; adult female), blotched morphotype from Medog (Motuo) County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. (B1) O. "cinereus" (CAS 215597; juvenile) from Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Yinmarbin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar; (B2) O. "cinereus" (CAS 215605; adult male) from Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Yinmarbin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar; (B3) O. "cinereus" (ANSP 21957; adult female) from Phetchabun Province, Thailand; (C1) O. cyclurus (CAS 204963; adult female) from Mwe Hawk Village, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar; (C2) O. cyclurus (CAS 211598; adult male) from Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Yinmarbin District, Sagaing Region, Myanmar; O. cyclurus (MSNG 31969; subadult male) from "Bia-Po" Hpa-An district, Kayin State, Myanmar. Images are not to scale. Photos by J. L. Lee (A1–A2, B1–B3, C1–C3), G. Vogel (A3, A6), and P. V. Yushchenko (A4–A5).

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Published as part of Lee, Justin L., Yushchenko, Platon V., Pal, Saunak, Vogel, Gernot, Poyarkov, Nikolay A. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2025, Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae), pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5714 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5714.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/17884777

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