Table 2 in Taxonomic reassessment of the Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907) (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from Myanmar with description of a new species

Table 2 (continued). Comparison of morphological characteristics of Herpetoreas davidi sp. nov. with those of the genus Herpetoreas Günther, 1860. Abbreviations: Heb. = Hebius; Her. = Herpetoreas; N/a = not available.
No.SpeciesSLSL-EILPrOPoOATEMPTEMMTVEN coloursVEN lateral blotchDitributionsSources1Hep. davidi sp. nov.94–69 or 10131–22N/awhitish or yellowishbarely present, discontinuousMyanmarour data2Hep. xenura9 (8 or 7)4–6 (4–5)9–9131–21–222–23whitish or yellowishpresent, discontinuousIndia, BangladeshWall (1907, 1909); Mathew & Meetei (2004); Reza (2010); Malsawmdawngliana et al. (2021); our data3Hep. burbrinki8 (9)3–5101–232–3221creamish-beigepresent, discontinuousChinaGuo et al. (2014); Peng et al. (2021)4Hep. murlen83–59–9131113light sandbrownpresent, discontinuousIndiaLalremsanga et al. (2022)5Hep. pealii94–51013 (2)2213–21pale with brown patchescontinuous presentIndiaSmith (1943); Das et al. (2020)6Hep. platyceps83–58 or 9131–21–2 (3)18–22usually immaculatepresent or absentIndia, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, BangladeshMalnate (1966); our data7Hep. sieboldii83–510131–21–219–23darkened posteriorlyusually absentPakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, BangladeshMalnate (1966); our data8Hep. tpser8 or 93–5 or 4–69–10 (8)13 (2)1–22 (1)20–21reddish orangepresent, discontinuousChinaRen et al. (2022)9Heb. khasiensis94–610 (9)121 (2)2 (1)21–26whitish or yellowishusually absentIndia, Myanmar, China, Thailandour data10Heb. khasiensis94–69 or 101311N/awhitishbarely present, discontinuousMyanmarour data11Hep. cf. sieboldii93–5 or 4–59–91212N/awhitishabsentMyanmarour data