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Achalinus ater BOURRET, 1937

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Higher TaxaXenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bourret's Odd-scaled Snake
Chinese: 青脊蛇 
SynonymAchalinus niger BOURRET 1935: 3
Achalinus ater BOURRET 1937: 72 (nom. subst. pro Achalinus niger)
Achalinus ater — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Achalinus ater — WALLACH et al. 2014: 5 
DistributionN Vietnam,
China (Guizhou, Guangxi)

Type locality: Tam Dao, N Vietnam  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1935.0049 and MNHN-RA 1938.0128 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Achalinus niger Bourret, 1935 is preoccupied by Achalinus niger Maki, 1931. 
EtymologyNamed after its color, Latin “ater, atra, atrum” = dark or black. 
References
  • Bourret, R. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française VIII. Sur les Achalinus d’Indochine. Bull. Gen. Instr. Publ., Hanoi (9): 13
  • Bourret,R. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l’indochine française. XV. Lézards et serpents reçu au laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1937. Descriptions de deux espèces et de deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 5. Gouvernement Généneral de l’Indochine, pp. 57-82
  • HA, N. V., ZIEGLER, T., SY, T. D., LE, M. D., NGUYEN, T. Q., & LUU, V. Q. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5168 (3): 375-387 - get paper here
  • Hu Shu-ch'in, Zhao Ermi, & Liu Ch'eng-chao 1973. [A survey of amphibians & reptiles in Kweichow Province, including a herpetofaunal analysis]. Acta Zool. Sinica 19(2): 149-181. - get paper here
  • Li D 1989. A survey of reptiles in Leigongshan area. In: Matsui, M., Hikida, T. & Goris, R.C. [Eds]. Current Herpetology in East Asia. Proceedings of the Second Japan-China Herpetological Symposium Kyoto, July 1988. Herpetological Society of Japan, Kyoto, Japan: i-ix, 1-521 [269-275]
  • LI, K., WU, Y. Y., XU, R. Y., ZHU, F., REN, J. L., GUO, P., & DONG, B. J. 2021. A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China. Zootaxa 5026 (2): 239-254 - get paper here
  • Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp.
  • Orlov, N. L., R. W. Murphy & T. J. Papenfuss 2000. List of snakes of Tam-Dao mountain ridge (Tonkin, Vietnam). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 69-80. - get paper here
  • Orlov, N. L., S. A. Ryabov, N. Van Sang and N. Q. Truong 2003. New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 10: 217-240 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, CUONG THE PHAM, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, ANH VAN PHAM, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THAM THI NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590 (2): 249-269 - get paper here
 
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