Myanophis, Köhler & Khaing & Than & Baranski & Schell & Greve & Janke & Pauls, 2021

Köhler, Gunther, Khaing, Khin Pa Pa, Than, Ni Lar, Baranski, Damian, Schell, Tilman, Greve, Carola, Janke, Axel & Pauls, Steffen U., 2021, A new genus and species of mud snake from Myanmar (Reptilia, Squamata Homalopsidae), Zootaxa 4915 (3), pp. 301-325 : 307-308

Myanophis gen. nov.

Gunther Köhler, Khin Pa Pa Khaing, Ni Lar Than

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Type species. Myanophis thanlyinensis sp. nov., by present designation.

Content. Monotypic having only Myanophis thanlyinensis , gen. nov, sp. nov.

Distribution. Currently only known from the vicinity of East Yangon University (EYU), Thanlyin, Myanmar.

Diagnosis and definition. A medium-sized Indochinese homalopsid snake with the following combination of characters: (1) dorsal scales smooth, row formula 21–21–19 or 21–21–17; (2) tail short, ratio tail length/SVL 0.185 – 0.204 in males, 0.160 –0.167 in females; (3) nasal scales separated; (4) 125–126 ventral scales in males, 120–122 in females; (5) 38–39 subcaudal scales in males, 32–34 in females; (6) hemipenis bilobed.

Etymology. The generic name is derived from Myanmar’s abbreviated name “Myan” and the Greek “ophis”, meaning “snake”. The generic name is feminine.