Pareas dabieshanensis ZHANG, PAN & ZHANG, 2025
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Pareas dabieshanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Pareas dabieshanensis ZHANG, PAN & ZHANG in ZHANG et al. 2025: 1627 |
| Distribution | China (Anhui) Type locality: Tianma National Nature Reserve (31.2250°N, 115.6831°E; elevation 807 m a.s.l.) in Jinzhai County, Luan City, Anhui Province, China |
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| Types | Holotype: AHU2024042601, adult male (Fig. 4) was collected by Tao Pan and Wen-gang Li on April 26, 2024. Paratypes: • One adult male specimen (AHU2014100801) was collected from the Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve in Yuexi County, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China, by Tao Pan on October 08, 2014. • One adult male specimen (AHU2021050201) was col- lected from the Taiyang Township in Huoshan County, Luan City, Anhui Province, China, by Caiwen Zhang on May 02, 2021. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pareas dabieshanensis sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by several morphological characteristics (Table 2): (1) medium body size (TL 443–517 mm, n = 3 males); (2) yellow–brown body featuring numerous irregular black horizontal stripes; (3) the length of the suture between the internasals is subequal to that between the prefrontals, with the prefrontal bordering the orbit; (4) the frontal is subhexagonal to diamond-shaped, with its lateral sides converging posteriorly; (5) the anterior pair of chin shields is longer than broad; the loreal scale partially borders the orbit; (6) the prefrontal contacts the eye, and there are two subocular scales; (7) 7–8 supralabials and 9 infralabial scales; (8) 15-15-15 rows of dorsal scales, with mid-dorsal scales smooth, and the vertebral scale row is not enlarged; (9) 184–187 ventral scales and 68–74 subcaudals, divided, with a single cloacal plate; (10) prefrontal and postfrontal bones do not exhibit contact, asymmetric teeth number in maxilla, palatine, pterygoid, and dentary bones (MX 5/5, PAL 3/3, PT10–11/9–11, DT 16–18/20); (11) dorsal surface of the head exhibits a dense arrangement of small, black spots; three distinct black vertical stripes on the lateral aspect of the head, which do not converge; the central horizontal stripe, posterior to the supraorbital scales, extends posteriorly toward the neck; additionally, a horizontal stripe posterior to the eyes terminates at the posterior margin of the head; two black horizontal stripes are in the supraocular and postocular regions, extending only to the posterior margin of the head. (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 8229 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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