Published September 30, 2010 | Version v1
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Ahaetulla Link 1807

  • 1. Technical University of Braunschweig, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Spielmannstrasse 8, D- 38106 Braunschweig (Germany) miralles. skink @ gmail. com
  • 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, UMR 7202 CNRS Origine, Structure et Évolution de la Biodiversité, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) pdavid @ mnhn. fr

Description

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF AHAETULLA LINK, 1807 FROM THE INDO- MALAYAN REGION

1 Anal scale entire (seldom divided); snout depressed or convex above .......................... 2

— Anal scale divided (exceptionally entire); snout depressed above, never convex .............. ........................................................................................................... Ahaetulla prasina

2 Overall body colour brown variegated with black; head with numerous dark brown spots; snout depressed or concave above; at least 210 ventral scales ........... Ahaetulla fasciolata

— Overall body colour uniformly dark green; head uniform above; snout convex above; less than 200 ventral scales ................................................................ Ahaetulla mycterizans

Notes

Published as part of Miralles, Aurélien & David, Patrick, 2010, First record of Ahaetulla mycterizans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) from Sumatra, Indonesia, with an expanded definition, pp. 449-456 in Zoosystema 32 (3) on page 455, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n3a6, http://zenodo.org/record/5167328

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Colubridae
Genus
Ahaetulla
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Link
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ahaetulla Link, 1807 sec. Miralles & David, 2010

References

  • LINK H. F. 1807. - Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universitat zu Rostock. Zweite Abtheilung. Adlers Erben, Rostock: 51 - 100.