Biology:Muhtarophis barani
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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: | Muhtarophis Avci et al., 2015 |
| Species: | M. barani
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| Muhtarophis barani (Olgun, Avci, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yilmaz, 2007)
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Muhtarophis barani, also known commonly as the Amanos dwarf snake and Baran's black-headed dwarf snake, is a species of snake in the monotypic genus Muhtarophis in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.[3] The species is endemic to the Amanos Mountains of Turkey, and was discovered in 2007.[4][5]
Etymology
The generic name, Muhtarophis, is in honor of Turkish herpetologist Muhtar Başoğlu (with the suffix -ophis meaning "snake").[6]
The specific name, barani, is in honor of Turkish herpetologist İbrahim Baran of the Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir.[2][7]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of M. barani are shrubland and rocky areas, at an altitude of 1,300 m (4,300 ft).[1]
Description
M. barani has 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody, and 163–173 ventral scales. The head is oblique-shaped anteriorly. There is a distinctive black blotch under the eye, running into a narrow stripe. The dorsal surface of the body is colored reddish brown, with no spots.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kaska Y, Kumlutaş Y, Avci A, Üzüm N, Yeniyurt C, Akarsu F (2018). "Muhtarophis barani (amended version of 2009 assessment)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T164762A122877031. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T164762A122877031.en. Downloaded on 08 October 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Muhtarophis barani OLGUN, AVCI, ILGAZ, ÜZÜM & YILMAZ, 2007". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Muhtarophis&species=barani.
- ↑ "Amanos Dwarf Snake". AdaMerOs Herptil Türkiye. http://www.turkherptil.org/IcerikDetay.asp?Harf=585.
- ↑ "Molecular Phylogeny and Micro CT-Scanning Revealed Extreme Cryptic Biodiversity in Kukri Snake, A New Genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Novataxa. 30 September 2015. http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2015/09/muhtarophis-barani.html.
- ↑ Tamar K, Šmíd J, Göçmen B, Meiri S, Carranza S (2016). "An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel". PeerJ 4: e2769. doi:10.7717/peerj.2769. PMID 28028461.
- ↑ Avci et al. (2015).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhynchocalamus barani, p. 16).
Further reading
- Avci A, Ilgaz Ç, Rajabizadeh M, Yilmaz C, Üzüm N, Andriaens D, Kumlutaş Y, Olgun K (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and micro CT-scanning revealed extreme cryptic biodiversity in kukri snake Muhtarophis gen. nov., a new genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology 22 (3): 159–174.
- Olgun K, Avci A, Ilgaz Ç, Üzüm N, Yilmaz C (2007). "A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey". Zootaxa 1399: 57–68. (Rhynchocalamus barani, new species).
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