Achalinus zugorum MILLER, DAVIS, LUONG, DO, PHAM, ZIEGLER, LEE, DE QUEIROZ, REYNOLDS & NGUYEN, 2020
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Achalinus zugorum
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Vietnamese: Ran xe dieu zug E: Zugs’ Odd-Scaled Snake |
| Synonym | Achalinus zugorum MILLER, DAVIS, LUONG, DO, PHAM, ZIEGLER, LEE, DE QUEIROZ, REYNOLDS & NGUYEN 2020 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Ha Giang), China (Yunnan) Type locality: Lùng Càng Village, Minh Ngoc Commune, Bac Me District, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam, 22.7162208N, 105.1892788E (WGS 84), 228 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. IEBR 4698 (field series tag: USNM-FS 280214), adult male (Figs. 4, 5), Aryeh H. Miller, Hayden R. Davis, Anh M. Luong, and Quyen H. Do, 19 June 2019 (at night between 2000–2100 hrs). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Achalinus zugorum differs from all other species of Achalinus by the following combination of morphological characteristics (Supplementary Table 1; see Data Accessibility): dorsal scales elliptical; one dorsal scale directly above each ventral scale; absence of everted labial scales; preocular absent (fused with prefrontal or loreal scale); maxillary teeth 28, all teeth curved and equal in size; internasal suture distinctly longer than that between the prefrontal suture; internasals not fused to prefrontals; loreal fused with prefrontals; seven infralabials; mental very narrow, separated from anterior chin shields; two elongated anterior temporals, in contact with eye, and two posterior temporals; dorsal scales in 25–23–23 rows, keeled; ventrals 173; subcaudals 70, unpaired; a maximum known total length of 458 mm, TailL/ TotalL ratio of 0.23; dorsum purple to jet black in life and in preservative, lower and posterior portions of head pink-gray, ventral surface iridescent and uniform black with margins of ventral scales pink-gray (Miller 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 3878 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from a single specimen (2023). |
| Etymology | Named after George R. Zug and Patricia B. Zug. |
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