MCZ Herpetology R-156719

Platyceps masirae

Holotype of Platyceps masirae

Date Collected:

1978-02-01/1978-02-28

Asia: Oman | Arabia,Sultamate of Oman Masirah,Sultan of Oman's Airforce base

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Herp:R-156719 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Platyceps masirae
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Common Name(s): Masirah Cliff Racer
Determined As: Platyceps masirae
Determiner: Beat Schätti on 2024-12-05
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identifications
Coluber rhodorachis rhodorachis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996
Coluber rhodorhachis
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determiner: Catalog
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog/1996
Platyceps rhodorachis rhodorachis (Jan In Filippi, 1865) linked data icon
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Lepidosauromorpha Squamata Serpentes Colubroidea Colubridae
Determined As: Platyceps rhodorachis rhodorachis (Jan In Filippi, 1865)
Determiner: Stevie Kennedy-GoldORCID iD icon on 2024-12-05
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

  • muse location number: ZR156719

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex female [no agent data], Method: MCZ 2008-12-03
dorsal scale rows (DSR) 19-19-13 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: transverse
head length 12.2 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
infralabials 10 or 11 (right) By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: (6th or 7th largest, resp.), first pair meets broadly along midline; five in contact with anterior chin shields which are wider than posterior pair (length roughly equal). The latter separated anteriorly by two small scutes; four elongated scales behind
interocular width 5.3 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
postoculars 2 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: upper larger, lower contacts anterior temporals
snout-eye length 2.7 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
snout-vent length 440 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
subcaudals 115 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: paired
supralabials 9 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: 5th+6th enter eye, 6th (higher than long, borders anterior lower temporal) to 9th enlarged (right, last left supralabial considerably smaller)
tail length 159 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
temporals 2+2+3 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
Remarks: lower right anterior scale largest (similar size as upper first on left)
total length 599 mm By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05
ventrals 203 By: Beat Schätti, Method: noted in Schatti et al. 2024 2024-12-05

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  • From Schatti et al: Rostral 1.9 times broader (2.5 mm) than high (1.3 mm), rounded in dorsal view. Internasals smaller than prefrontals and half its length along midline (1.7 vs. 3.4 mm). Distance from posterior tip of rostral to anterior edge of bell-shaped frontal 2.8 mm (length of latter 4.0 mm, max. width 2.5 mm). Parietals 7.3 mm along median suture, posterior margin straight, laterally lined by three to four (right) temporals. Nasal divided, rests on 1st and 2nd supralabials. Loreal distant from regular subocular and as long as high, above posterior edge of 2nd and entire straight upper margin of 3rd supralabials (right), bordering anterior portion of presubocular on left side. Preocular contacts frontal in a point (right) or slightly separated. Subocular pentagonal, above small 4th supralabial, contacts upper ends of 3rd and 5th (anterior upper half) supralabials (right), and clearly smaller than loreal. A left presubocular of about equal size as regular subocular wedged in between 3rd and 4th supralabials. Four or five oblique gular rows between posterior inframaxillaries and first ventral. Anal scute divided. 318 total body scales. Dorsals subequal and smooth with two apical pits, arranged in 19-19-13 transverse rows; reductions at ventrals 122/121 (60%ven) involving rows 3+4, 125/127 (62%, 7+8), and 170/166 (83%, 6+7).

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  • Continent:
  • Asia
  • Country:
  • Oman
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000131 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Arabia,Sultamate of Oman Masirah,Sultan of Oman's Airforce base
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Arabia:Sultamate of Oman;Marisah Id. Sultan of Oman's Airforce base
  • Georeference:
  • 20.4157240°, 58.7339620° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Brendan Haley on 2019-03-25 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-25)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1978-02-01 / 1978-02-28
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 0/2/1978-0/2/1978
  • Collector:
  • James Perran Ross

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Media type: text; Herpetology R-156701; R-156702; R-156703; R-156704; R-156705; R-156706; R-156707; R-156708; R-156709; R-156710; R-156711; R-156712; R-156713; R-156714; R-156715; R-156716; R-156717; R-156718; R-156719; R-156720; R-156721; R-156722; R-156723; R-156724; R-156725; R-156726; R-156727; R-156728; R-156729; R-156730; R-156731; R-156732; R-156733; R-156734; R-156735; R-156736; R-156737; R-156738; R-156739; R-156740; R-156741; R-156742; R-156743; R-156744; R-156745; R-156746; R-156747; R-156748; R-156749; R-156750 Description: MCZ Herpetology Reptiles 152951-162350, pg.76;

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