Hebius yanbianensis LIU, ZHONG, WANG, LIU & GUO, 2018
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Hebius yanbianensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: Yanbian Fulianshe E: Yanbian keelback snake |
| Synonym | Hebius yanbianensis LIU, ZHONG, WANG, LIU & GUO 2018 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan, Yunnan) Type locality: Zemulong Town, Yanbian County (N 101°35′04.43′′, E 27°13′52.00′′), South Sichuan Province, China, at an elevation of 1, 974 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: YBU 15018, an adult male, collected by Guanghui Zhong and Ping Wang in March 2015. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Hebius yanbianensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: 1) TL/SVL ratio 0.35; 2) three postoculars; 3) six temporals in formula 1/(1+1) +1+2; 4) eight supralabials, 4th and 5th in contact with the eye, 6th largest;5) ten infralabials, the first five bordering the anterior chinshields; 6) 172 ventrals (plus one preventral); 7) cloacal plate divided; 8) 90 pairs of subcaudals; 9) dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, all weakly keeled except the outer two; 10) reduction of dorsal scale rows from 19 to 17 scale (VS19TO17) at the position above 99th ventral scale; 11) reduction of the dorsal tail scales from 8 to 6 scale rows (SC8TO6) at the ventral position of 18th subcaudal, and from 8 to 6 (SC6TO4) at the position above 37th subcaudal; 12) postorbital bones not touching frontals, the parietal ridge weakly developed; the end of the supratemporal bones extending beyond the braincase; maxillary teeth 23-25, the last two distinctly enlarged without diastema between the last two and the anterior teeth. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific name refers to the type locality of this species, Yanbian County, Sichuan. |
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