Ahaetulla rufusoculara LAM, THU, NGUYEN, MURPHY & NGUYEN, 2021
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Ahaetulla rufusoculara
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Red-eyed vine snake Vietnamese: Rắn roi mắt đỏ |
| Synonym | Ahaetulla rufusoculara LAM, THU, NGUYEN, MURPHY & NGUYEN 2021 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Soc Trang) Type locality: My Phuoc Forest, My Tu District, Soc Trang Province, Vietnam (9.566709°N, 105.747722°E). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ITBCZ 7504, adult male, collected by S.N. Nguyen and N.Q. Lam on 31 December 2019. Paratypes: ITBCZ 7502, ITBCZ 7503, ITBCZ 7505, ITBCZ 7506, ITBCZ 6799. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Ahaetulla rufusoculara is distinguished from all of its congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: bright red eyes; medium size in adult (largest TL 1085 mm in male); snout without dermal appendage, more than two times as long as the eye diameter in adult (SnL/ED 2.33–2.37); internasal separated from supralabial by loreal; body scale rows 15-15-13; tail long (TaL/TL ratio 0.34–0.35 in males and 0.31–0.32 in females); ventrals 186–190 in males and 182–185 in females; subcaudals 143–153 in males and 128 or 129 in females; 8 (rarely 9) supralabials, fourth and fifth or fourth to sixth entering orbit; 12–14 maxillary teeth; hemipenis short, reaching 6th or 7th SC; cloacal plate divided; dorsum bright green; and yellow or white stripe along lower flank (Lam et al. 2021). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific epithet rufusoculara refers to the red color of the eyes and is derived from the Latin adjective rufus (meaning “red”) and oculus (means “eye”). |
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