Rhinophis sanguineus

Sampaio, Filipa L., Narayanan, Surya, Cyriac, Vivek Philip, Venu, Govindappa & Gower, David J., 2020, A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 1-24 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DEEA669F-3A5F-4096-B005-B9CA3506F59E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4564939
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/144D8797-FFA0-7535-FF0B-FBA7FADDE104
treatment provided by	Plazi (2021-01-07 17:53:56, last updated 2024-11-27 07:06:28)
scientific name	Rhinophis sanguineus
status

Treatment

BMNH 1946.1 .16.54 (formerly BMNH 64.3.9.2) lectotype (see Pyron et al. 2016), Cherambady [Cherambadi, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

BMNH 1946.1 .16.76 (formerly BMNH 74.4.29.110) holotype of R. microlepis, Wayanad district, Kerala .

BMNH 74.2.29.695–697, Wynad [Wayanad district, Kerala].

BMNH 68.4 .3.38, Nilgherries [possibly Wayanad district, Kerala or Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

BMNH 1922.5.25.6, Nellacolla [Nellacotta?, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu].

BMNH 74.4.29.108, Wynad [Wayanad district, Kerala].

BMNH 66.12 .15.3, Wynad, Madras Presidency [possibly Wayanad district, Kerala or Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu] .

ZMB 5536, Cherambady [Cherambadi, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu].

VPRS0918092 and VPRS0918093, Meppadi, Wayanad district, Kerala.

BUB S-2, BUB S-4, BUB S-15, BUB S-1584, BUB S-1588, Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Ambalavayal, Wayanad district, Kerala.

MNHN 1897.246, “ Sri Lanka ” [probably in error]. See Discussion for comments on colour pattern and identification of this specimen.

MCZ 3865 and MCZ 3854b, “Madras” [probably the historical administrative region of Madras Presidency, which included parts of present-day Wayanad]. See Discussion for comments on colour pattern and identification of MCZ 3854b.