A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas

A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described based on specimens collected from Churah Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The new species is related to O. arnensis based on molecular as well as morphological data, however differs from it in several aspects. The new species shows a pairwise sequenc...

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Autores principales:	Zeeshan A. Mirza, Virender Kumar Bhardwaj, Harshil Patel
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Publicado:	Pensoft Publishers 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c2cbaa7482f6451f9f43ae4a3afd12082021-11-04T04:30:29ZA new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas10.3897/evolsyst.5.725642535-0730https://doaj.org/article/c2cbaa7482f6451f9f43ae4a3afd12082021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/72564/download/pdf/https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/72564/download/xml/https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/72564/https://doaj.org/toc/2535-0730A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described based on specimens collected from Churah Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The new species is related to O. arnensis based on molecular as well as morphological data, however differs from it in several aspects. The new species shows a pairwise sequence divergence of 6–20% from congeners for mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Lack of pterygoid and palatine teeth of the new species suggests that the diet may largely comprise of eggs. Discovery of the new species is not surprising, as the Western Himalayas has been poorly explored in terms of its herpetofaunal diversity. Considerable genetic divergence in the sampled sequence suggests Oligodon arnensis is a species complex, likely represents multiple species and a revision of the group would be desirable.Zeeshan A. MirzaVirender Kumar BhardwajHarshil PatelPensoft PublishersarticleEvolutionQH359-425LifeQH501-531ENEvolutionary Systematics, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 335-345 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Evolution QH359-425 Life QH501-531 Zeeshan A. Mirza Virender Kumar Bhardwaj Harshil Patel A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
description	A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described based on specimens collected from Churah Valley of Himachal Pradesh. The new species is related to O. arnensis based on molecular as well as morphological data, however differs from it in several aspects. The new species shows a pairwise sequence divergence of 6–20% from congeners for mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Lack of pterygoid and palatine teeth of the new species suggests that the diet may largely comprise of eggs. Discovery of the new species is not surprising, as the Western Himalayas has been poorly explored in terms of its herpetofaunal diversity. Considerable genetic divergence in the sampled sequence suggests Oligodon arnensis is a species complex, likely represents multiple species and a revision of the group would be desirable.
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author	Zeeshan A. Mirza Virender Kumar Bhardwaj Harshil Patel
author_facet	Zeeshan A. Mirza Virender Kumar Bhardwaj Harshil Patel
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title	A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
title_short	A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
title_full	A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
title_fullStr	A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
title_full_unstemmed	A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas
title_sort	new species of snake of the genus oligodon boie in fitzinger, 1826 (reptilia, serpentes) from the western himalayas
publisher	Pensoft Publishers
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c2cbaa7482f6451f9f43ae4a3afd1208
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A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas

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