Proahaetulla antiqua

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Proahaetulla antiqua Mallik, Achyuthan, Ganesh, Pal, Vijayakumar & Shanker, 2019: 8

Holotype: CES S259, adult ♂, collected by Saunak Pal and S.P. Vijayakumar on 28 August 2011.
Type locality: “near Agasthiyar peak (8º37’09’’N 77º14’57’’E), Agasthyamalai hills, Kalakad Mundanthurai tiger reserve, Tamil Nadu, India”.

Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Ganesh, S.R., Pal, S.P., Vijayakumar, S.P. & Shanker, K. 2019. Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0218851. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 Reference page.