Xylophis deepaki
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species: Xylophis deepaki
Name
editXylophis deepaki Narayanan, Mohapatra, Balan, Das & Gower 2021: 221
- Holotype: ZSI-CZRC-V-721, adult ♂, collected by Surya Narayanan and Pratyush P. Mohapatra on 23 November 2016.
- Type locality: “India, Tamil Nadu: close to Marthandam, 8°20.610’N, 77°13.092’E, 56 m a.s.l., plantation”.
- Paratypes (n=2): ZSI-SRC-VRS-287, ♂, same data as holotype; BNHS 3383, ♂, collector and collection date unknown, from “Potugani junction, Kanya-kumari Dist., Tamil Nadu (=Pathugani) (8°28.672’N, 77°13.627’E, 240 m a.s.l)”.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Balan, A., Das, S. & Gower, D.J. 2021. A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 219–230. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e63986 Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.
- Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.