Figure 1. (A) Map showing the distribution of P. pulverulentus in South and Southeast Asian countries. Green circle indicates the collection locality of P. pulverulentus from Mizoram state in northeast India. (B) Live photographs of P. pulverulentus collected from northeast India andthe processed hemipenis showing its sulcal (left) and asulcal (right) surfaces. (C) Bayesian phylogeny based on partial mtCytb gene inferred the phylogenetic relationship of P. pulverulentus with all extant Ophidian families and subfamilies. Numbers at internal branches indicate posterior probabilities support. (D) TCS networks showed distinct haplotype of P. pulverulentus collected from northeast India, compared with other collection localities (China and Myanmar). The estimated haplotypes are shown in different colors as represent by collection sites marked in the phylogeny.

Published as part of Kundu, Shantanu, Lalremsanga, Hmar Tlawmte, Biakzuala, Lal, Tyagi, Kaomud, Chandra, Kailash & Kumar, Vikas, 2021, Molecular identification of mimetic Mock Viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) (Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Northeast India, pp. 521-526 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (4) on page 523, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v121/i4/2021/154552, http://zenodo.org/record/13367244