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Herpetoreas abros LIU, HOU, ZHOU, ZUO, YIN & RAO, 2024

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cute Himalayas Keelback”
Chinese: 铜 壁 关 腹 链蛇 (Pinyin: tóng bì gua ̄n fù liàn shé) 
SynonymHerpetoreas abros LIU, HOU, ZHOU, ZUO, YIN & RAO 2024 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Xima Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (24◦47′17′′ N, 97◦40′30′′ E, 1550 m),  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KIZ 2024150, adult female, collected on 16 October 2024 by local forest rangers. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Body cylindrical, snout–vent length 554 mm, total length 775 mm; tail relatively long, tail length/total length 0.29; dorsal scales in 19–19–17 rows, all strongly keeled; ventrals 165; cloacal plate divided; subcaudals 89, paired; preocular one, postoculars three; supralabials eight, third–fifth entering orbit; maxillary teeth 24, last two distinctly enlarged, separated from anterior teeth by a small diastema; upper lips white, three black vertical stripes on anterior upper lip on each side; approximately 13 white speckles on anterior lateral surface of body; anterior venter pale pink and posterior venter pink; ventral tail rose red.


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EtymologyNamed after Greek “abros” (aβρóς), meaning “cute”, “handsome”, and “delicate”. The name is given in reference to the cute appearance of this species. 
References
  • Liu, S., Hou, M., Zhou, H., Zuo, C., Yin, F., & Rao, D. 2024. A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China. Diversity, 16(12), 768 - get paper here
 
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