New record of two natricine snakes, Hebius gilhodesi> (Wall, 1925) and <Herpetoreas davidi Nguyen et al., 2024 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), from India
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.10309.18.3.28479-28494Keywords:
Arunachal Pradesh, Keelback, Mizoram, morphology, Myanmar, natural history, northeastern India, phylogeny, range extensionAbstract
Two natricine snakes, Hebius gilhodesi and Herpetoreas davidi, are reported for the first time from India based on mitochondrial DNA and morphological data. This study extends the northwestern-most distribution of H. gilhodesi by 107 km and H. davidi by 577 km, both of which were thus far known only from adjacent Myanmar. Additionally, a detailed description of the hemipenial morphology of H. gilhodesi is provided.
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