@article{Suntrarachun_Chanhome_Hauser_Sumontha_Kanya_2020, title={Molecular Phylogenetic Support to the Resurrection of Pareas macularius from the Synonymy of Pareas margaritophorus (Squamata: Pareidae)}, volume={20}, url={https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/176120}, abstractNote={<p>The taxonomy of the Asian snail-eating snakes in the genus <em>Pareas</em> Wagler, 1830 has been an ongoing controversy. Recently suggested taxonomic changes included the synonymization of <em>Pareas macularius</em> Theobaldi, 1868 with <em>Pareas</em><em> margaritophorus</em> (Jan <em>in</em> Bocourt, 1866), and subsequent resurrection of <em>P</em><em>. macularius</em> as a valid species on the basis of morphological data for more than 60 specimens from northern Thailand and the holotypes of both species. To confirm the validity of <em>P. macularius</em>, we analyzed mitochondrial DNA sequences data for 14 bicolored and spotted snail-eaters from Thailand (morphologically identified as either <em>P</em><em>. macularius</em> or <em>P</em><em>. margaritophorus</em>). The results strongly supported the validity of <em>P</em><em>. macularius</em> as a species distinct from <em>P</em><em>. margaritophorus</em>.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Tropical Natural History}, author={Suntrarachun, Sunutcha and Chanhome, Lawan and Hauser, Sjon and Sumontha, Montri and Kanya, Kirati}, year={2020}, month={Jul.}, pages={182–190} }