Pareas dulongjiangensis LIU, YANG, RAO, GUO & RAO, 2023
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Pareas dulongjiangensis
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dulongjiang Slug‐eating Snake” Chinese: 独龙江钝头蛇 (dú lóng jiāng dùn tóu shé) |
| Synonym | Pareas (Eberhardtia) dulongjiangensis LIU, YANG, RAO, GUO & RAO 2023: 173 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Kongdang Village, Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture; Yunnan Province, China (27°50′16′′ N, 98°19′30′′ E; 1460 m elevation). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ R201607, adult female, collected on 9 September 2015 by Dingqi Rao |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Preocular absent; postocular fused with subocular; loreal bordering orbit; prefrontal bordering orbit; infralabials not fused with chin‐shield; chin‐shields three pairs, first pair triangular, second pair and third pair elongate; dorsal scales 15 rows throughout without apical pits; three rows vertebral scales enlarged; five rows mid‐dorsal scales keeled at middle of body; supralabials6–7; infralabials7–9; precloacal plate undivided; ventral scales182; and subcaudals 76, paired. In preservative, dorsal surface of head chocolate brown, from which two brownish‐black longitudinal stripes run on each side of the neck, leaving a pale central portion; lateral surface of head dense with brownish black dusting and two short brownish‐black streaks, one on lower anterior temporal and another on last supralabial; almost no mottling on ventral surface of head; sparse brown mottling on ventral surfaces of body and tail; and indistinct vertical dark bars on trunk and tail. (Liu et al. 2023) 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 4904 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet dulongjiangensis refers to the Dulongjiang Township, where the new species was discovered. |
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