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Sinomicrurus
About: Sinomicrurus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6 publications have been published within this topic receiving 97 citations.
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TL;DR: A study of a recently collected specimen from near Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India and existing museum material has allowed us to assess the validity of this population based on molecular and morphological data and has given enough evidence to suggest its elevation to a species rank.
Abstract: Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844) is a species of coral snakes distributed across the forests of Southeast Asia and the Himalayas. The species exhibits distinct forms across its range, and it has been classified into four subspecies. Calliophis macclellandi nigriventer Wall, 1908 a population from Western Himalayas, which was described as a variety, has not been attended to until now. Our study of a recently collected specimen from near Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India and existing museum material has allowed us to assess the validity of this population based on molecular and morphological data and has given us enough evidence to suggest its elevation to a species rank. Sinomicrurus nigriventer comb. nov. was found to be embedded within a clade comprising S. peinani, but not S. macclellandi s. l., with a genetic distance of 7-16% from its congeners. Morphologically, it differs from its congeners in having a reddish brown dorsum and a mid-dorsal black vertebral strip extending from the nape to the vent and with three thin bands on the tail, belly white with black smear up to the vent, tail dorsum with a few band-like blotches, and males with 230-235 ventral scales.
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TL;DR: Despite long-held beliefs of systematic affinities based on morphology and colour pattern, the results suggest that Hemibungarus is not (phylogenetically) a coralsnake, but instead shares an exclusive common ancestor with Afro-Asian elapine genera (Elapsoidea, Dendroaspis and Ophiophagus).
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TL;DR: The important venomous snakes’ distribution of Thailand is characterized and all these snakes are venomous and their venom is potentially fatal since birth.
Abstract: Background: Envenoming by snakebite is an important public health problem in rural tropics. Venomous snake families such as Elapidae and Viperidae frequently produce severe poisoning. Anti-venoms are not available for all venomous snakes of Thailand and there is need for more development in this field. Objective: We characterized the important venomous snakes’ distribution of Thailand. Method: Venomous snake species are described in details including their identification, range, and extraterritorial distribution. Result: Eighteen snake species of the family Elapidae are summarized in their characteristics and distribution. There are three species of Naja, one species of Ophiophagus, three species of Bungarus, four species of Calliophis, one species of Sinomicrurus, two species of Laticauda, and four species of subfamily Hydrophiinae. Fifteen snake species of the family Viperidae consisting of one species of subfamily Viperinae and fourteen species of subfamily Crotalinae are also discussed. Conclusion: All these snakes are venomous and their venom is potentially fatal since birth. Keywords: Elapidae, Thailand, Thai snakes, venomous snakes, viperidae
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TL;DR: A number of fossil snake vertebrae were collected from Early Pleistocene deposits exposed on a hill surface at Gogayama, Nakijin village, Okinawajima Island, along with many other vertebrate fossils, which represent the oldest fossil records of snakes for the whole Ryukyu Archipelago.
Abstract: A number of fossil snake vertebrae were collected from Early Pleistocene deposits exposed on a hill surface at Gogayama, Nakijin village, Okinawajima Island, along with many other vertebrate fossils. These represent the oldest fossil records of snakes for the whole Ryukyu Archipelago. We identified each of these fossil snake vertebrae to the lowest taxonomic category possible based on diagnostic features elucidated in our previous study of extant snakes from Japan and adjacent regions. As a result, the vertebrae of at least four genera—Cyclophiops and Dinodon of the family Colubridae, Protobothrops (formerly Trimeresurus) of the family Viperidae, and Sinomicrurus of the family Elapidae—were recognized. Of these, vertebrae identified as belonging to the genus Dinodon were further divided into two distinct forms, although both resembled D. rufozonatum, an extant species that does not presently occur in Okinawajima or any of the surrounding islets in the central Ryukyus. Vertebrae identified as belo...
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