taxonID	type	description	language	source
99A010BF79CF5961A0DC27B1072FC149.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. adult male, NCBS NRC-AA- 0010 collected from Devarayanadurga, Tumkur District, Karnataka, India (13.375778 ° N, 77.210972 ° E, elevation 1093 m, datum WGS 84) by Yatin Kalki, Sachin Gowda, Manu Agnivamshi, Karthik Singh and Zeeshan A. Mirza on 17 June 2020. Adult female, BNHS 3601, collected from the same locality by Manu Agnivamshi, Sachin Gowda, Yatin Kalki and Zeeshan A. Mirza on 19 June 2020.	en	Kalki, Yatin, Gowda, Sachin, Agnivamshi, Manu, Singh, Karthik, Patel, Harshil, Mirza, Zeeshan A. (2020): On the taxonomy and systematics of the recently described Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari, Vogel, 2020 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from India. Evolutionary Systematics 4 (2): 109-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570
99A010BF79CF5961A0DC27B1072FC149.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (based on recently collected material). A small sized species of the genus Lycodon measuring SVL 300 - 350 mm, bearing 17 smooth DSR at midbody. Loreal in contact with internasal and preocular not in contact with frontal. Nine supralabials of which 3 rd to 5 th touch eye. Anal shield undivided. Ventrals 204 - 214 and subcaudals 66 - 69. Hemipenis cylindrical, not forked, with long spikes in distal half.	en	Kalki, Yatin, Gowda, Sachin, Agnivamshi, Manu, Singh, Karthik, Patel, Harshil, Mirza, Zeeshan A. (2020): On the taxonomy and systematics of the recently described Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari, Vogel, 2020 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from India. Evolutionary Systematics 4 (2): 109-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570
99A010BF79CF5961A0DC27B1072FC149.taxon	description	Description of male NCBS NRC-AA- 0010 (Fig. 1). The specimen is in good condition preserved in a coil with its head resting outside the coil. The specimen bears two longitudinal incisions and hemipenes are partially everted (Fig. 1 a, b). Head short, measuring 12.3 mm from snout tip to the constriction at neck, comprising 3.39 % of total length; high, 3.5 mm, with steeply domed snout in lateral view; upper jaw visible from ventral side. Head distinctly broader (5.9 mm) than neck (3.7 mm). Snout gradually tapering to blunt, rounded tip in dorsal view (Fig. 2 a). Rostral subtriangular, slightly visible when viewed from top; wider (1.3 mm) than deep (0.6 mm). Nostrils small, elliptical shaped, present in the basal region of the subtriangular nasal. Paired internasals, slightly wider (1.5 mm) than long (1.1 mm); smaller than prefrontals. Prefrontals, almost as long (1.8 mm) as wide (1.8 mm). Frontal bell shaped, 2.1 mm at the widest anterior border, median length 3.2 mm. Parietals 3.7 mm long, 2.6 mm at its widest anterior, 1.0 mm at its posterior border. Temporals 2 + 3 + 3 on right side and 2 + 3 + 4 on left side, subequal in size, posterior one inserts deeply between supralabial sixth, seventh and eighth. Six nuchal scales, slightly larger than adjacent dorsal scales, bordering parietals. Supraocular larger than preocular; preocular large, deeper (2.2 mm) than wide (1 mm). Loreal longer (1.4 mm) than high (0.7 mm). Two postoculars, upper one larger. Eye circular, 2.1 mm diameter with an elliptic pupil. Nine supralabials, third, fourth and fifth in contact with orbit (Fig. 2 c, d). Supralabial I-III subequal in height and, apart from second supralabial, contacts only rostral and nasal. Second supralabial in contact with nasal, loreal and first + third supralabials. Fourth and fifth supralabials wider than high. Third supralabial in contact with preocular, second and forth supralabials and loreal. Sixth supralabial as high as the third supralabial. Mental short, triangular. Infralabials 10, first really long, II to VI infralabials short and thin, fifth onwards larger (Fig. 1 b). Seventh infralabial broadest and ninth much longest. First seven infralabials in contact with the genials. Anterior genials almost twice as long (2.4 mm) as wide (1.1 mm); posterior genials 1.1 mm long and 1 mm wide and in contact (Fig. 2 b). Body laterally compressed, ventral surface distinctly flattened. Dorsal scales in 17 - 17 - 15 rows. First lateral reduction observed after the 10 th ventral is at 70 % of the ventrals where third and fourth DSR are involved in reduction from 17 DSR to 15 at ventral 143. Dorsal scales imbricate, regularly arranged, vertebral scales not enlarged. All body scales smooth and glossy, with apical pit. Ventral scales 204 in number excluding three preventrals. Anal shield undivided, slightly larger than last ventral scale. Subcaudals paired, 68 in number. Tail terminates in a sharp, tapering apical spine. Total length 375 mm, tail length 75 mm, tail / total length ratio 0.2. Hemipenis cylindrical, not forked, with long spikes in distal half.	en	Kalki, Yatin, Gowda, Sachin, Agnivamshi, Manu, Singh, Karthik, Patel, Harshil, Mirza, Zeeshan A. (2020): On the taxonomy and systematics of the recently described Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari, Vogel, 2020 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from India. Evolutionary Systematics 4 (2): 109-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570
99A010BF79CF5961A0DC27B1072FC149.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Lycodon deccanensis is currently recorded only from the type locality, Devarayanadurga, Karnataka, India, between elevations of 1000 meters and 1190 meters. Other locality records provided by Ganesh et al. (2020 a) require verification based on voucher due to the misidentification of specimens as discussed above.	en	Kalki, Yatin, Gowda, Sachin, Agnivamshi, Manu, Singh, Karthik, Patel, Harshil, Mirza, Zeeshan A. (2020): On the taxonomy and systematics of the recently described Lycodon deccanensis Ganesh, Deuti, Punith, Achyuthan, Mallik, Adhikari, Vogel, 2020 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from India. Evolutionary Systematics 4 (2): 109-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.4.60570
