title: An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768).
abstract: We describe a new species of Cylindrophis currently known only from Grabag, Purworejo Regency, Jawa Tengah Pro-vince (Central Java), Java, Indonesia. Cylindrophis subocularis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by the presence of a single, eponymous subocular scale between the 3rdand 4thor 4thand 5thsupralabial, preventing contact between the 4thor 5thsupralabial and the orbit, and by having the prefrontal in narrow contact with or separated from the orbit. We preface our description with a detailed account of the tangled taxonomic history of the similar and putatively wide-ranging species C. ruffus, which leads us to (1) remove the name Scytale scheuchzeri from the synonymy of C. ruffus, (2) list the taxon C. rufa var. javanica as species inquirenda, and (3) synonymize C. mirzae with C. ruffus. We provide additional evidence to confirm that the type locality of C. ruffus is Java. Cylindrophis subocularis sp. nov. is the second species of Asian pipesnake from Java.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Evolution and Systematics and Zoological Collection Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Email: kieckbus@students.uni-marburg.de.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kieckbusch
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Evolution and Systematics and Zoological Collection Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mecke
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Evolution and Systematics and Zoological Collection Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Evolution and Systematics and Zoological Collection Marburg, Faculty of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35032 Marburg, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ehrmantraut
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom; and West Midland Safari Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire DY12 1LF, United Kingdom; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'shea
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, 18422 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, California 92395, USA; and Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D012911:Snakes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity