10.6084/m9.figshare.4592629.v1 Zeeshan A. Mirza Zeeshan A. Mirza Harshil Patel Harshil Patel Back from the dead! Resurrection and revalidation of the Indian endemic snake genus <i>Wallophis</i> Werner, 1929 (Squamata: Colubridae) insights from molecular data Taylor & Francis Group 2017 Taxonomy phylogeny cyt b ND4 c-mos reptilia colubridae colubrinae Coronella Wallaceophis ICZN 2017-01-28 03:54:38 Dataset https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Back_from_the_dead_Resurrection_and_revalidation_of_the_Indian_endemic_snake_genus_i_Wallophis_i_Werner_1929_Squamata_Colubridae_insights_from_molecular_data/4592629 <p>The monotypic colubrid snake genus <i>Wallophis</i> is revalidated and rediagnosed. Partial sequence for nuclear gene Oocyte maturation factor Mos (c-<i>mos</i>), mitochondrial Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit 4 (<i>ND4</i>) and cytochrome b (cyt <i>b</i>) were used to assess phylogenetic relationship. <i>Wallophis brachyura</i> type species for the genus was found to be a member of the Western Palearctic clade of Colubrinae and is recovered as a sister taxa to <i>Wallaceophis gujaratensis</i>. <i>Wallophis</i> differs from <i>Wallaceophis</i> in an uncorrected pairwise p-distance of 17% for mitochondrial <i>ND4</i> gene. <i>Wallaceophis gujaratensis</i> was described in three different spellings in the literature hence we here propose <i>Wallaceophis gujaratensis</i> as the correct spelling for the species based on provisions in the article 24.2.3. of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature.</p>