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29 October 2020 Systematics of Calliophis intestinalis with the Resurrection of Calliophis nigrotaeniatus (Elapidae, Serpentes)
Ibuki Fukuyama, Gernot Vogel, Masafumi Matsui, Koshiro Eto, Misbahul Munir, Mohamad Yazid Hossman, Amir Hamidy, Kanto Nishikawa
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Abstract

The red-bellied form of Calliophis intestinalis (Laurenti, 1768) sensu lato was originally reported from Pahang, west Malaysia. To determine the taxonomic status of this form, we examined the type specimens of Elaps sumatranusLidth De Jeude, 1890, Calliophis intestinalis everetti (Boulenger, 1896), and Callophis furcatus var. nigrotaeniatusPeters, 1863. The results indicated that the red-bellied form of C. intestinalis should be named as Calliophis nigrotaeniatus comb. nov., whose valid species status was based on morphological and molecular analyses. We designate a lectotype and redescribe the species, which is genetically close to Calliophis bilineatus (Peters, 1881) from the Philippines, and is clearly distinguishable from other congeners by possessing a pair of gray or dark blue lateral stripes and by being bright red on the ventrum. Elaps sumatranus and C. i. everetti are relegated to subjective junior synonyms of C. nigrotaeniatus.

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Ibuki Fukuyama, Gernot Vogel, Masafumi Matsui, Koshiro Eto, Misbahul Munir, Mohamad Yazid Hossman, Amir Hamidy, and Kanto Nishikawa "Systematics of Calliophis intestinalis with the Resurrection of Calliophis nigrotaeniatus (Elapidae, Serpentes)," Zoological Science 37(6), 586-594, (29 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs200100
Received: 24 June 2020; Accepted: 14 August 2020; Published: 29 October 2020
KEYWORDS
Calliophis nigrotaeniatus comb. nov.
redescription
Southeast Asia
synonym
taxonomy
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