TY  - JOUR
A1  - Srikanthan, Achyuthan N.
A1  - Adhikari, Omkar Dilip
A1  - Kumar Mallik, Ashok
A1  - Campbell, Patrick D.
A1  - Bhushan Bhatt, Bharat
A1  - Shanker, Kartik
A1  - Rajagopalan Ganesh, Sumaithangi
T1  - Taxonomic revaluation of the Ahaetulla prasina (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) complex from Northeast India: resurrection and redescription of Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The taxonomic status of the nominal taxon Dryophis prasinus flavescens Wall, 1910 is reevaluated herein. Based on molecular data generated from fresh collections of Ahaetulla prasina (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) auctorum from Northeast India and, additionally, morphological data from museum specimens originating from the same areas, we resurrect this taxon as Ahaetulla flavescens (Wall, 1910) comb. nov. We clarify the status, identity and locations of its type specimens, rediscover, redescribe and illustrate those specimens and also designate a lectotype in order to effect a proper taxonomic redefinition of this nominal taxon. We provide further details on the morphology and diagnosis of this species and elucidate its phylogenetic position. We also provide a summary of the natural history and distribution of this species. Adding to the known cryptic diversity and genetic divergence within Southeast Asian populations, this work also hints at the need for a taxonomic revision of the A. prasina complex. This work complements a previous study on the A. prasina complex focusing on populations in Indonesia. Taken together, these two studies represent phylogenetic reconstructions from different populations of the A. prasina complex across its distribution range, on the Asian mainland and the surrounding islands.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 839:120-148 
KW  - Assam
KW  - Arunachal Pradesh
KW  - BNHS
KW  - DNA
KW  - distribution
KW  - scalation
KW  - vine snakes
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/68830
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-688302
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2022
IS  - 839
SP  - 120
EP  - 148
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -