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Issue: Vol. 5270 No. 2: 20 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.1
Page range: 151-193
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A taxonomic revision of Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827) and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868), with the description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae)

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany.
Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University; Bangkok; Thailand 10330.
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum; Senckenberganlage 25; 60325 Frankfurt a.M.; Germany.
Pathein University; Pathein; Myanmar.
Department of Biology; Universitas Brawijaya; Malang; Indonesia
Department of Biology; Faculty of Mathematics and Science; University of Palangka Raya; Indonesia.
Wildlife Institute of India; Chandrabani; Dehradun 248001 Uttarakhand; India.
Museum für Naturkunde; Leibniz Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung; Invalidenstrasse 43; 10115 Berlin; Germany.
Faculty of Science and Engineering; University of Wolverhampton; Wulfruna Street; Wolverhampton; West Midlands; WV1 1LY; England.
Keywords Asian cat snakes Boiga stoliczkae Boiga ochracea walli color morphs mimicry Himalayas Southeast Asia

Abstract

The analyses of molecular genetic data (mtDNA markers 16S, ND4, CYTB, and the nuclear marker c-mos) provided evidence that the Asian cat snake taxa Boiga multomaculata and B. ochracea actually represent a single species. They form mixed clades of low intraclade genetic differentiation. This evidence for conspecificy is supported by the lack of differentiation in all examined pholidotic and morphometric characters. Therefore, we formally place Dipsas ochracea Theobald, 1868 in the synonymy of Dipsas multomaculata Boie, 1827. We provide a summary of the tangled taxonomic history of the taxa involved in this study. Also, we resurrect Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall, 1909 from synonymy of B. ochracea, for specimens exhibiting 21 midbody dorsal scale rows. Boiga stoliczkae is found in the Himalayas north and west of the Brahmaputra valley. Finally, based on the detection of historical genetic lineages within the newly defined species Boiga multomaculata we recognize three subspecies: Boiga multomaculata multomaculata (Boie, 1827), Boiga multomaculata ochracea (Theobald, 1868), and Boiga multomaculata septentrionalis n. ssp. which is distributed in northern Myanmar and Assam and Nagaland, India. We designate BMNH 1946.1.2.60 (1) as neotype of Dipsas ochracea Theobald, (2) as lectotype of D. ochraceus Günther, and (3) as lectotype of Boiga ochracea walli Smith, thereby making these names objective synonyms. Finally, we designate BMNH 94.12.31.55 as lectotype of Dipsadomorphus stoliczkae Wall.

 

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