Biology:Ahaetulla sahyadrensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ahaetulla |
| Species: | A. sahyadrensis
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| Ahaetulla sahyadrensis Mallik, Srikanthan, Pal, Princia D'Souza, Shanker, and Ganesh, 2020
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Ahaetulla sahyadrensis is a species of tree snake endemic to the Western Ghats of India .[1][2][3] It is also reported from Bangladesh.[4]
Taxonomy
It was formerly considered conspecific with A. pulverulenta (now considered to be restricted to Sri Lanka), and was described as a subspecies of it (A. p. indica) by Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala in 1955. However, a 2020 study recovered it as a distinct species. In addition, a now-defunct subspecies of Ahaetulla prasina, A. p. indica, was described by Rudolf Mell in 1931. Thus, the combination Ahaetulla pulverulenta indica would be a homonym to Ahaetulla prasina indica. To solve this, a new replacement name, A. sahyadrensis, was erected in 2020.[1]
Geographic range
This species is the most widespread of all vine snakes endemic to the Western Ghats, ranging from Gujarat south to Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[1] It is also reported from Bangladesh.[5]
Habitat
It is found in moist deciduous and evergreen forests from just above sea level up to 1500 msl. They are usually found in the vicinity of perennial streams.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Srikanthan, Achyuthan N.; Pal, Saunak P.; D’souza, Princia Margaret; Shanker, Kartik; Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan (2020-11-06). "Disentangling vines: a study of morphological crypsis and genetic divergence in vine snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Ahaetulla ) with the description of five new species from Peninsular India" (in en). Zootaxa 4874 (1): zootaxa.4874.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4874.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311335. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4874.1.1.
- ↑ Staff Reporter (2020-11-14). "New species of vine snakes discovered" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/new-species-of-vine-snakes-discovered/article33097126.ece.
- ↑ "The discovery of five new species of vine snakes in India" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2020-11-discovery-species-vine-snakes-india.html.
- ↑ "Ahaetulla sahyadrensis". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ahaetulla&species=sahyadrensis&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Ahaetulla%27%29%29.
- ↑ "Ahaetulla sahyadrensis". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ahaetulla&species=sahyadrensis&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Ahaetulla%27%29%29.
Wikidata ☰ Q102109391 entry
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