Calamaria synergis ZHANG, XU, NGUYEN, POYARKOV, VOGEL, WANG & HUANG, 2025
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Calamaria synergis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Calamaria synergis ZHANG, XU, NGUYEN, POYARKOV, VOGEL, WANG & HUANG 2025: 259 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Mountain Jinuo, Jing-hong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (22.009245°N, 101.014120°E; elevation 1,050 m asl. |
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| Types | Holotype: ANU ZR24046, adult male, collected on 5 June 2024, by TRZ. Paratype: ANU ZR25021, one juvenile male from the same location as the holotype, collected on 7 August 2023, by TRZ. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Calamaria synergis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congeners by the following combination of morphological characters: eight enlarged maxillary teeth; rostral higher than wide; prefrontal shorter than frontal and contacting the first two supralabials; mental not in contact with anterior chin shields; single preocular and postocular; four supralabials, with the 2nd and 3rd contacting the eye; five infralabials; five scales surrounding the paraparietal; ventrals 161–166; subcaudals 20–23, paired; dorsal scales reduced to six rows at the tail base and further to four rows near the terminal subcaudals; tail relatively short (6.6–9.2% of total length), abruptly tapering at the tip; dorsum blackish-brown with a distinct pale nuchal ring; two outermost dorsal scale rows pale khaki with upper margins darkened; ventral surface uniform pale khaki. (Zhang et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 10946 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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