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Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae

The Western Ghats are well known as a biodiversity hotspot, but the full extent of its snake diversity is yet to be uncovered. Here, we describe a new genus and species of vine snake Proahaetulla antiqua gen. et sp. nov., from the Agasthyamalai hills in the southern Western Ghats. It was found to be...

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Autores principales: Mallik, Ashok Kumar, Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan, Ganesh, Sumaithangi R., Pal, Saunak P., Vijayakumar, S. P., Shanker, Kartik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6636718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31314800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218851