Cantoria violacea Girard, 1858
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7329665 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039487D5-FFE9-FFAF-5E80-FC10FCB8FA77 |
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Plazi |
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Cantoria violacea Girard, 1858 |
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Cantoria violacea Girard, 1858
( Fig. 11B View FIGURE 11 )
Material studied: One adult, CIARI uncatalogued from Sippighat, South Andaman ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ).
Morphology: Dorsal scales smooth, in 19:19:17 rows; ventrals 240; subcaudals 66; subcaudals 66, divided; anal divided; supralabials 6; none in contact with eye; a small subocular separating spralabials and the eye; infralabials 7 (1–4 in contact with genials); preocular 1; postocular 1; loreal 1; temporals 1+2. Dorsal colouration blackish with yellowish white bands throughout the body and tail. Venter pale white.
Distribution: Nocturnal and elusive. One juvenile was recorded in a thick mangrove swamp (~ 40 cm deep) area at dusk in Henry Lawrance Island of the Ritchie’s Archipelago. Considering that it is a mangrove dwelling species, it is likely to occur throughout most parts of the coastal mangrove swamps in the Andaman Islands.
Remarks: Wall (1919) reported it for the first time from the Andaman Islands. Ghodke et al. (2018) reported on crab-ripping behavior of C. violacea based on observations on a mud-flat from Nakabwe, Middle Andaman.
Status: Though a single individual was recorded during the present study, Ghodke and Andrews (2001) reported it to be very common in the mudflats of Cheppo, North Andaman.
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