Achalinus sheni MA, XU, QI, WANG, TANG, HUANG & JIANG, 2023
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Achalinus sheni
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Shen’s Odd-scale Snake, Shen’s Burrowing Snake Chinese: 沈氏脊蛇 (Shěn Shì Jǐ Shé) |
| Synonym | Achalinus sheni MA, XU, QI, WANG, TANG, HUANG & JIANG 2023 Achalinus spinalis — LI et al. 2010 Achalinus sheni — MA et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | China (Hunan) Type locality: (27°55′11′′N, 111°55′3′′E; 408 m a. s. l.), Qixingjie Town, Lianyuan City, Hunan Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. ANU20230014 (field number HSR23019, Fig. 3), an adult male, collected on 21 March 2023 by the team of Song Huang. Paratypes. Three males, ANU20230012 (field number HSR23011, Fig. 4A), ANU20230013 (field number HSR23012, Figs 4B, 5), ANU20230015 (subadult male, field number HSR23020, Fig. 4C), with the same collecting information as the holotype; CIB 119043, a juvenile male, collected on 20 October 2015 by Bing Zhou and Shanshan Tang from Shumuyuan, Nanyue District, Hunan Province, China (27°15′59′′N, 112°43′15′′E; 358 m a.s.l., Fig. 4D). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) dorsal scales strongly keeled, 23 rows throughout the body, the outmost row smooth and significantly enlarged ; (2) tail relatively short, TaL/TL 0.183 ~ 0.224; (3) the suture between internasals subequal to the suture between prefrontals; (4) loreal one, subrectangular, LorH/LorL 0.53 ~ 0.57; (5) ventrals 161–170, anal entire, subcaudals 55–61, not paired; (6) the length of supraocular equal to or longer than the length of upper anterior temporal; (7) vertebral line inconspicuous and subcaudal streak absent. (Ma et al. 2023) Additional details (3037 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Chinese herpetologist, Prof. You-Hui Shen (沈猷慧), who worked in Hunan Normal University and made great contributions to the herpetological research of China, particularly in Hunan Province where the new species is found. |
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