Table 3 in A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas

Table 3. Comparison of the new species with Oligodon species bearing 17 DSR from south Asia. Missing data denoted by N.A. SpeciesSourceVentralsSubcaudalsAnalSupralabialsLorealHemipenisMaxillary teethPalatine, Ptyregoid teethDorsal PatternVentral PatternOligodon churahensi sp. nov.present study170-17546-47divided7presentforked, spinose8-10absent48-54 bands on bodywhitish with brown smearO. affinisSmith 1943; Whitaker and Captain 2004128-13323-36divided7absentnot forked, spinose7N.A.31-41 bands on bodywhitish with rectangular black markingO. arnensisSmith 1943; present study161-20241-59divided6-8absentforked, spinose8-11present≤40 bands on bodywhite without any markingO. cinereusSmith 1943157-18529-42single8presentnot forked, lack spines10-12N.A.variablevariableO. erythrogasterSmith 1943169-18642-59divided7absentnot forked, lack spines7-8N.A.stripesreddish with black spots on the edgesO. melanozonatusSmith 1943171-17342-45divided6absentN.A.8N.A.bandswhitish with squarish black spotsO. theobaldiSmith 1943164-18030-42divided8presentnot forked, lack spines15-16N.A.4 stripes with faint transverse bandsvariableO. travancoricusSmith 1943; Ganesh et al. 2009150-15531-39divided7absentnot forked, spinose7N.A.23-27 bands on bodywhite with black checkered markingO. venustusSmith 1943138-16527-36divided7absentnot forked, spinose7-8N.A.bands made up of rhomboid or oval spotswhitish with black quadrilateral spotsO. woodmasoniSmith 1943; Vijayakumar and David 2006164-19043-57single6present/absentnot forked, lack spines8-10N.A.8 longitudinal stripeswhitish with a brown stripe in the centre and a dark spot on the edges