Pareas baiseensis WU, GONG, HUANG & XU, 2023
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Pareas baiseensis
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Pareas baiseensis WU, GONG, HUANG & XU in GONG et al. 2023: 8 |
| Distribution | China (Guangxi) Type locality: Daleng Township, Youjiang District, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China (23.73521N, 106.39544E (DD); ca 781 m a.s.l.). |
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| Types | Holotype: ANU20220011 (collection number HSR22185), an adult male (Figure 2A). The specimen was collected by Jiaxiang Wu and Yongjin Liu on 25 November 2022 and deposited at Anhui Normal University Museum. Paratypes (n=3): ANU20220012 (collection number HSR22186), juvenile; ANU20220013 (collection number HSR22188, Figure 2B), juvenile; ANU20220014 (collection number HSR22189), juvenile, all with the same collecting information as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pareas baiseensis sp. nov. is distinguished from all other Pareas by a combination of the following characteristics: (1) Yellow-brown body colouration; (2) Frontal subhexagonal to diamond-shaped with its lateral sides converging posteriorly; (3) The anterior pair of chin shields is longer than it is broad; (4) The loreal is not in contact with the eye, prefrontal in contact with the eye, two or three suboculars; (5) Rows of 15–15–15 dorsal scales, five rows of mid-dorsal scales keeled at the middle of the body, one vertebral scale row enlarged; (6) 187–191 ventrals, 89–97 subcaudals, all divided, cloacal plates single; (7) Two postocular stripes, the nuchal area forming a dark black four-pointed fork collar with the middle tines shorter than the outside tines. (Wu et al. 203) 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 6927 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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