TABLE 1 in Rediscovery and systematics of Rhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger, 1896 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India's Western Ghats

TABLE 1. Meristic and metric data for holotype (*) and only other known, six newly referred specimens of Rhinophis fergusonianus. Measures given in mm. SL4 = fourth supralabial; DSR1 = first dorsal scale row; hyphen (-) indicates shortest distance between two points. Data for holotype from Cyriac et al. (2020), except for number of small scales overlapped by anal shields. Paired scale counts given in left, right order. Data recorded by DJG (BMNH 1946.1.16.77, BNHS 3687 and BNHS 3688) and SN (other four specimens).
*BMNH 1946.1. 16.77BNHS 3687BNHS 3688BNHS 3689BNHS 3690BNHS 3755BNHS 3691SexFFFFFMFTotal length323236>160422472276436Tail length9.87.76.614.614.314.012.1Midbody width7.26.7-11.4136.68.8Midbody circumference2323ca. 1737392636Snout tip-posterior edge SL4 (head length)7.86.7-11.611.37.48.1Head width at posterior edge SL44.44.1-7.48.94.25.9Maximum rostral length3.31.4-3.94.22.73.9Rostral-frontal0.60.6-0.90.80.60.3Frontal length2.42.4-4.24.02.93.3Frontal width2.31.9-2.63.02.02.4Snout tip-eye4.33.9-5.96.23.54.6Ventral scale width at midbody2.72.31.84.44.53.23.9DSR1 scale width at midbody2.01.81.53.13.22.43.1Tail shield width at base6.75.44.76.86.54.16.8Tail shield height at base8.46.25.44.44.33.24.1Tail shield middorsal length8.56.15.212.312.47.711.2Tail shield midventral length1.71.30.72.93.21.72.6Ventral scales195186>156194192183197Subcaudal scales (number unpaired)5,5 (1)7,6 (1)6,6 (0)6,7 (0)6,7 (0)8,9 (4)5,5 (1)Small scales overlapped by anal shields2,22,22,22,32,22,22,2Supralabial scales4,44,4-4,44,44,44,4Infralabial scales3,33,3-3,33,33,33,3Scales surrounding terminal scute10121214131212