Ahaetulla malabarica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Ahaetulla malabarica Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, D’Souza, Shanker & Ganesh, 2020: 30

Holotype: BNHS 3586 (CESS090), adult ♂, collecte by Ashok Kumar Mallik in 2010.
Type locality: “Thirunelli forest (11.9172 N 75.99111 E, 960 msl), Brahmagiri-Wayanad hill complex of the Central Western Ghats, [Kerala,] in Peninsular India”.
Paratype: BNHS 3587 (CESS087), adult ♀, collected at “Kalpetta, Kerala” by Saunak P. Pal, S.P. Vijayakumar & Mrugank Prabhu in 2010.

Mallik, A.K., Srikanthan, A.N., Pal, S.P., D’Souza, P.M., Shanker, K. & Ganesh, S.R. 2020. Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India. Zootaxa 4874(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1 Reference page.