Xylophis mosaicus

Xylophis mosaicus BNHS 3577 (female, holotype): Eravikulam hut, Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India BMNH 88.1.27.42 (male, paratype): Anamalai Hills, 4700 ft BNHS 3578 (male, paratype): Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India BNHS 3579 (female, paratype): Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India BNHS 3580 (female, paratype): Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, India ZSIK 19410 (male): Palani Hills (Kodaikanal) ZSIK 25123 (female): Kodaikanal Ghat, Tamil Nadu BMNH 93.4.18.17 (female): High ranges, Travancore BNHS 1756 (male): Perumal Malai, Palani Hills (Now in Kodaikanal) BNHS 3128 (male), BNHS 3126 (male), BNHS 3124 (female): Eravikulam National Park BNHS 2871 (female): Munnar BNHS 1751 (male): Kallar, Travancore (Kerala) APPENDIX 2. Paratypes of Xylophis chenkaruppan sp. nov. from Kurichyarmala, Wayanad, Kerala in life showing variation in coloration of a larger (200 mm total length: ZSI / WGRC /IR-V.3826) and smaller individual (115 mm total length: ZSI / WGRC /IR-V.3827). APPENDIX 3. Plate showing different colour morphs for adults of Xylophis mosaiscus (A–B) and X. perroteti (C–D). Supplementary Materials. The following supporting information can be downloaded at the DOI landing page of this paper: Supp. Table 1. List of Primers used in this study with references. Supp. Table 2. Genbank accession numbers for all Xylophis species and the outgroups used in the study for phylogenetic reconstruction. Supp. Table 3. Results of PartitionFinder showing the best-fit models used for phylogenetic analysis across all three datasets. Supp. Table 4. P-distance tables for the sequences of all four genes used in this study.