A New Miocene-Divergent Lineage of Old World Racer Snake from India.

A distinctive early Miocene-divergent lineage of Old world racer snakes is described as a new genus and species based on three specimens collected from the western Indian state of Gujarat. Wallaceophis gen. et. gujaratenesis sp. nov. is a members of a clade of old world racers. The monotypic genus r...

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Main Authors: Zeeshan A Mirza, Raju Vyas, Harshil Patel, Jaydeep Maheta, Rajesh V Sanap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4774991?pdf=render