Achalinus pingbianensis LI, YU, WU, LIAO, TANG, LIU & GUO, 2020
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Achalinus pingbianensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Pingbian odd-scaled snake Chinese: 屏边脊蛇 (Ping Bian Ji She) |
| Synonym | Achalinus pingbianensis LI, YU, WU, LIAO, TANG, LIU & GUO 2020 |
| Distribution | China (SE Yunnan) Type locality: Dawei Mountain Nature Reserve, Pingbian County (incorrectly given as N 103°42’01.02’’, E 22°55’02.78’’, but should be 22°55’02.78” N, 103°42’01.02” E), southeastern Yunnan Province, China, at an elevation of 1,968 m above sea level. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. YBU 18273, an adult male, collected by K. Li, M. Yu, L. H. Liao, and K. Tang at night on July 12, 2019. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A new species of Achalinus having the combination of (1) dorsal scales strongly keeled, 23 rows throughout; (2) tail relatively short, TaL/TL 24.3%; (3) length of suture between internasals subequal to that between prefrontals; (4) nasal divided into two sections by nasal cleft; (5) loreal fused with prefrontal, with the prefrontal extending towards the supralabials; (6) supralabials 7, the fifth and sixth widely in contact with eye; (7) infralabials 6, the first three touching the first pair of chin shields; (8) temporals 2+2+3 on right side and 2+2 on left side, the uppermost anterior temporal in contact with eye; (9) ventrals 164+2, subcaudals 56, arranged in single row; (10) anal entire; (11) uniform black, tinged weakly iridescent; (12) light black beneath (Li et al. 2020). 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 1324 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from a single specimen (2023). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Dawei Mountain Nature Reserve, Pingbian County, Southeastern Yunnan, China. |
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