Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:42-56. Published 9 July 2020. Nine new species of Katrinahoserserpenea Hoser, 2012 from northern India, western China Vietnam, Burma, Thailand and Malaysia as well as a new genus of snake associated with Xylophis Beddome, 1878 from India (Serpentes: Pareidae). LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:BC3585E7-CDA1-491B-A6EF-CFA1A651939E RAYMOND T. HOSER LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F9D74EB5-CFB5-49A0-8C7C-9F993B8504AE 488 Park Road, Park Orchards, Victoria, 3134, Australia. Phone: +61 3 9812 3322 Fax: 9812 3355 E-mail: snakeman (at) snakeman.com.au Received 22 June 2020, Accepted 1 July 2020, Published 5 July 2020.
ABSTRACT Nine divergent species within the genus Katrinahoserserpenea Hoser, 2012 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from northern India, western China, Thailand, Vietnam and Burma are formally named and described for the first time. Two species were formerly treated as populations of K. (Dannyleeus) monticola (Cantor, 1839), five of K. (Katrinahoserserpenea) macularius (Theobold, 1868) and two of K. (Katrinahoserserpenea) margaritophorus (Jan, 1866). This paper continues the recent naming of new species within the Pareidae, underscoring previously underestimated snake biodiversity in the south Asian region. The genus Xylophis Beddome, 1878, (subfamiliy Xylophiinae Deepak et al. 2019) as currently recognized are endemic to the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Molecular studies (e.g. Deepak et al. 2020) and morphology indicate two divergent lineages of great antiquity. One of these is formally placed in a new genus Zilonear gen. nov.. Keywords: Snakes; Serpentes; Pareidae; Asia; China; India; Thailand; Vietnam; Burma; Katrinahoserserpenea; Pareas; Dannyleeus; macularius; monticola; new genus; Zilonear; new species; rayhammondi; danielmani; tongzhoujiae; mannixi; mcconnachiei; daranini; rodneykingi; bobbottomi; evanwhittoni
