Pareas tigerinus LIU, ZHANG, POYARKOV, HOU, WU, RAO, NGUYEN & VOGEL, 2023
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Pareas tigerinus
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Tiger slug-eating snake Chinese: 虎纹钝头蛇” (Hǔ Wén Dùn Tóu Shé) |
| Synonym | Pareas tigerinus LIU, ZHANG, POYARKOV, HOU, WU, RAO, NGUYEN & VOGEL 2023: 14 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: CHINA, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Menghai County, Xiding Township; 21°49ʹ54′′ N, 100°7′21′′ E; 1920 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KIZ 20210705, adult female; 21 Jul. 2021; S. Liu leg. Paratypes: KIZ 20210703, adult male; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Jul. 2021; KIZ 20210704, adult female; same collection data as for preceding; 20 Jul. 2021. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This species differs from Pareas nigriceps by having a relatively shorter tail, more infralabials, fewer ventral scales, fewer subcaudals, and fewer maxillary teeth; it differs from P. kaduri Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, Patel & Mirza, 2020 by having relatively smaller body size, keeled mid-dorsal scales in females, fewer temporals, and fewer maxillary teeth. Single preocular; postocular fused with subocular; loreal not bordering orbit; prefrontal bordering orbit; infralabials not fused with chin-shields; three chin-shield pairs, the first pair triangular, the second pair and the third pair elongate; dorsal scales in 15 rows throughout; vertebral scales enlarged; scales not keeled on the anterior part of the body, 3–5 rows of mid-dorsal scales keeled on the middle part of the body, 5–9 rows of mid-dorsal scales keeled on the posterior part of the body; seven supralabials; eight infralabials; precloacal plate undivided; ventral scales 160–171; subcaudals 62–64, paired. Dorsal surface of head solid black or reddish-brown; dark nuchal band present; vertical dark bars on trunk and tail distinct; iris brownish-black or reddish-brown. (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 7330 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | The species epithet “tigerinus” is attributed to this species due to the similarity of the species colour pattern to the prominent lateral stripes in tigers. |
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