v5i1.87

Submitted date: 8 April 2013
Accepted date: 15 April 2013
Published date: 15 June 2013
Pp. 32–35, Pls. 3–4.

DISCOVERY AND DESCRIPTION OF MALE SPECIMEN OF Coluber bholanathi SHARMA, 1976 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM HYDERABAD, INDIA

Midathala Seetharamaraju & Chelmala Srinivasulu*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: hyd2masawa@gmail.com

Abstract
Here we present the first report of the occurrence of an endemic and little known colubrid, Sharma’s racer Coluber bholanathi Sharma, 1976, from the urban conglomerate of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, with a description of the male specimen including details on the hemipeneal structure.

Key words : Indian snakes, range extension, Sharma’s racer, hemipeneal structure

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