A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia : Serpentes : Colubridae) from Turkey

Olgun K., Avci A., Ilgaz Ç., Uezuem N., Yilmaz C.

ZOOTAXA, sa.1399, ss.57-68, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: Sayı: 1399
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.11646/zootaxa.1399.2
  • Dergi Adı: ZOOTAXA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57-68
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rhynchocalamus barani n. sp., R. m. melanocephalus, R. m. satunini, R. arabicus, Colubridae, Turkey, new species
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A snake species new to science, Rhynchocalamus barani n. sp., is described from Turkey. It differs from other Rhynchocalamus species in having higher numbers of dorsalia ( 17 instead of 15) and lower number of ventralia ( 163 - 173 instead of 180 - 240) and upper labials in contact with eye ( 1 instead of 2) and by a characteristic color-pattern of the body.