Dendrelaphis schokari (KUHL, 1820)
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Dendrelaphis schokari
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Dipsas schokari KUHL 1820 Dendrophis helena WERNER 1893 (fide SMITH 1943) Dendrelaphis schokari — ROOIJEN & VOGEL 2008 Dendrelaphis schokari — WALLACH et al. 2014: 221 |
| Distribution | Sri Lanka Type locality: Ceylon = Sri Lanka |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Neotype. RMNH 842; collector: Frank, 1853 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Dendrelaphis, character-ized by the combination of: (1) vertebral scales en-larged but smaller than the dorsals of the fi rst row; (2) 155-177 ventrals; (3) 105-127 divided subcaudals; (4) 15 dorsal scale rows at midbody; (5) anal shield di- vided; (6) 1 loreal scale; (7) 2 supralabials touching the eye; (8) a short fi rst sublabial that touches 2 infralabials; (9) 4 to 7 temporal scales; (10) 2 to 3 postoculars; (11) maximum total length 119.0 cm; (12) TAIL/TL 0.30-0.34; (13) an interparietal spot is absent (rarely rudimentarily present); (14) the presence of a light ventrolateral stripe; (15) the presence, in most specimens, of a vertebral stripe. |
| Comment | Behavior: diurnal Distribution: Populations from the Western Ghats have been revalidated as Dendrelaphis chairecaeos Boie, 1827. Hence D. schokari is no longer present in India. Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) |
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