Boiga ranawanei SAMARAWICKRAMA, SAMARAWICKRAMA, WIJESENA & ORLOV, 2005
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Boiga ranawanei
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ranawana’s Cat Snake G: Ranawanas Nachtbaumnatter |
| Synonym | Boiga ranawanei SAMARAWICKRAMA, SAMARAWICKRAMA, WIJESENA & ORLOV 2005 Boiga ranawanei — GANESH et al. 2022 Boiga beddomei — WALL 1921 (non WALL 1909) (part) Boiga beddomei — TAYLOR 1953 (part) Boiga beddomei — MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI & PETHIYAGODA 2007 (non Wall 1909) Boiga beddomei — PYRON et al. 2013 Boiga beddomei — VOGEL & GANESH 2013 (non Wall, 1909) (part) Boiga beddomei — GANESH et al., 2020 (part) Boiga beddomei — SAMARAWICKRAMA et al. 2005 (nec GANESH et al. 2021) (part) Boiga cf. ranawanei — GANESH et al. 2021 (Figs. 1, 2) |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Bulawaththa, Gannoruwa Forest, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka (07°17 16 N 80°35 36 E, elevation: 640 m elevation |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: Male, SVL 649 mm, LCD (tail length from vent to tip) 250 mm; collected by V. A. M. P. K. Samarawickrama; 10/20/2004 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (ranawanei): Medium sized, slender Boiga (SVL + LCD up to 899 and 1105 mm in males and females, respectively) with laterally compressed body. Scale rows oblique (number of dorsal scale rows at body: Sq1, 19, Sq2, 19, Sq3, 15 rows); number of ventrals, of male 259, females 249 – 255; number of subcaudals of male 129 pairs, females 114 –128 pairs; eight-eight supralabials, the third fourth and fifth supralabials entering the orbit; 12 – 12 infralabials; the rostral shield is not very large, slightly visible from above; two anterior temporals and three posterior temporals; two preoculars, reaching the upper surface of head; two postoculars; two nasals. Scales are smooth. Ventral shields have no conspicuous markings. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda (2007) considered B. ranawanei to be synonymous with B. beddomei. They created an objective synonymy between these two taxa by designating the holotype of B. ranawanei as the neotype of B. beddomei. However, Ganesh et al. 2020 located the original type series of B. beddomei (see also Vogel & Ganesh 2013), hence the neotype designation becomes invalid (fide, Art. 75.8 ICZN 1999). However ,Ganesh et al. 2022 resurrected ranawanei. Synonymy: after Ganesh et al. 2022. For references see this paper. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Boiga ranawanei was named in honor of Dr. K. B. Ranawana, who is currently working extensively on various aspects of wild life ecology in Sri Lanka. |
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