#dannyleeus

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

Australasian Journal of Herpetology 47:42-56. Published 9 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;