Muhtarophis barani

Muhtarophis barani is a species of snake in the monotypic genus Muhtarophis in the subfamily Colubrinae.[2] The species is endemic to the Amanos Mountains of Turkey, and was discovered in 2007.[3][4]

Muhtarophis barani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Muhtarophis
Avcý et al., 2015
Species:
M. barani
Binomial name
Muhtarophis barani
(Olgun, Avcý, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yýlmaz, 2007)
Synonyms
  • Rhynchocalamus barani
    Olgun, Avcý, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yýlmaz, 2007
  • Rhynchocalamus barani
    — Wallach et al. 2014
  • Muhtarophis barani
    — Avcý et al. 2015
  • Muhtarophis barani
    — Šmid et al. 2015

Etymology

The specific name, barani, is in honor of Turkish herpetologist Prof. Dr. İbrahim Baran of the Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir.[5][6]

Description

M. barani has 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody, and 163–173 ventral scales. The head is oblique-shaped anteriorly. There is a distinctive black blotch under the eye, running into a narrow stripe.

Reproduction

M. barani is oviparous.

References
  1. Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu. 2018. Muhtarophis barani (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T164762A122877031. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T164762A122877031.en. Downloaded on 08 October 2018.
  2. "Amanos Dwarf Snake". AdaMerOs Herptil Türkiye. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Molecular Phylogeny and Micro CT-Scanning Revealed Extreme Cryptic Biodiversity in Kukri Snake, A New Genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Novataxa. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. Tamar, K; Šmíd, J; Göçmen, B; Meiri, S; Carranza, S (2016). "An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel". PeerJ. 4: e2769. doi:10.7717/peerj.2769. PMC 5183090. PMID 28028461.
  5. "Muhtarophis barani OLGUN, AVCI, ILGAZ, ÜZÜM & YILMAZ, 2007". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhynchocalamus barani, p. 16).
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