Notes on Specimens of the Glossy Mangrove Snake (Gerarda prevostiana) in the Collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata along with Past Records from India

Authors

  • Probhat Bag
     Zoological Survey of India, FPS Building, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Sujoy Raha
     Zoological Survey of India, FPS Building, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal
  • Kaushik Deuti
     Zoological Survey of India, FPS Building, 27 JL Nehru Road, Kolkata – 700016, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/123036

Keywords:

Infra-Labial, Loreals, Post-Ocular, Pre-Ocular, Sub-Caudals, Supra-Labial.

Abstract

Based on six specimens of the Glossy Mangrove Snake (Gerarda prevostiana) present in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata the species is redescribed with scalation and morphometric measurements and compared with data of six other specimens lodged in other museums.

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2018-01-01

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Bag, P., Raha, S., & Deuti, K. (2018). Notes on Specimens of the Glossy Mangrove Snake (<I>Gerarda prevostiana</I>) in the Collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata along with Past Records from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 118(1), 53–55. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/123036

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Volume 118, Issue 1, 2018

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