Hebius shantianfangi LIU, WANG, HOU, ZHANG, WANG, ZONG, ZHOU, RAO, DAVID & VOGEL, 2025
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Hebius shantianfangi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Shan’s keelback Chinese: 单氏腹链蛇” (shàn shì fù liàn shé) |
| Synonym | Hebius shantianfangi LIU, WANG, HOU, ZHANG, WANG, ZONG, ZHOU, RAO, DAVID & VOGEL 2025: 269 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Longlin Village, Mengla Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China; 21°38′15′′N, 101°27′0′′E, 1,040 m |
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| Types | Holotype • KIZ 064970; adult female; 27 April 2019; JiShan Wang leg. Paratypes • KIZ 064971; adult male; Yutang Village, Yixiang Town, Simao District, Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, China; 22°36′58′′N, 101°7′32′′E, 1,300 m; 18 September 2018; Mian Hou leg. • KIZ 064972; adult female; Guangfeng Village, Sinanjiang Town, Mojiang County, Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, China; 22°56′49′′N, 101°49′51′′E, 1810 m; 31 May 2023; Mo Wang leg. • KIZ 064973; adult female; Bingli Village, Yutang Town, Mojiang County, Pu’er City, Yunnan Province, China; 23°7′10′′N, 101°31′46′′E, 1850 m; 26 June 2023; Mo Wang leg. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Body slender, SVL 332–406 mm, TL 506–610 mm; tail relatively long, TaL/TL 0.31–0.34; dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, all strongly keeled except for 1st row on each side; ventrals 148–155; cloacal plate divided; subcaudals 90–105, paired; loreal one, not entering orbit; preocular one, postoculars three; supralabials mostly nine, rarely ten, mostly 4th–6th entering orbit, rarely 5th–7th entering orbit; infralabials 9–11; maxillary teeth 23–25, last one or two distinctly enlarged, no diastema separating enlarged posterior teeth with anterior ones; a distinct continuous white streak from posteroventral margin of eye extending backward and upward to nape on each side; dorsolateral stripes present; venter white, ventrolateral blotches present, composed of a dark grey spot on edge of each ventral on each side. (Liu 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 10736 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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