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Pareas yunnanensis (VOGT, 1922)

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Higher TaxaPareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Yunnan Slug Snake
Chinese: 云南钝头蛇” (Yún Nán Dùn Tóu Shé) 
SynonymAmblycephalus yunnanensis VOGT 1922: 142
Amblycephalus monticola chinensis — MELL 1931 [1929]
Pareas yunnanensis — RAO & YANG 1992
Pareas yunnanensis — GUO et al. 2020
Pareas yunnanensis — WANG et al. 2020
Pareas yunnanensis — WANG et al. 2022
Pareas (Eberhardtia) yunnanensis — LIU et al. 2023 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province.  
Reproduction 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 27660, 65431, adult females; other specimens: KIZ 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “This species differs from Pareas geminatus by having fewer subcaudals, relatively more rows of keeled mid-dorsal scales, relatively fewer ventral scales, solid black dorsal surface of head, and no distinct large black spots or stripe on each side of head; it differs from P. xuelinensis Liu & Rao, 2021 by infralabials not fused with chin-shields, vertebral scales enlarged, having fewer ventral scales, fewer subcaudals, relatively more rows of keeled mid-dorsal scales, and solid black dorsal surface of head.
SVL 387–482 mm in adults, TL 94–110 mm in adults, TL/SVL 0.22–0.25; preoculars mostly single, rarely two; postoculars and suboculars mostly fused, rarely separated; loreal bordering orbit in most individuals; prefrontal bordering orbit; supralabials 6–8, infralabials 6–8; infralabials not fused with chin-shields; dorsal scales in 15 rows throughout the body; vertebral scales enlarged; 5–7 rows of mid-dorsal scales keeled on the middle part of the body; precloacal plate undivided; ventral scales 169–175; subcaudals 59–65, all paired. Dorsal surface of head black; no or 1–2 indistinct large black spots on each side of head, no stripe on each side of head; two wide black stripes pass from parietals to the vertical black bars on neck; dark nuchal band absent; vertical black bars distinct on trunk and indistinct on tail; iris brownish-yellow or brownish-orange.” (Liu et al. 2023)
 
CommentSynonymy: previously considered as a synonym of P. komaii. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • GUO, YUHONG; GUANGLI WANG, DINGQI RAO 2020. Scale microornamentation of five species of Pareas (Serpentes, Pareidae) from China. Zootaxa 4742 (3): 565–572 - get paper here
  • Liu, S., Zhang, D., Poyarkov, N. A., Hou, M., Wu, L., Rao, D., ... & Vogel, G. 2023. Resurrection of Pareas yunnanensis (Vogt, 1922) with description of a new species of Pareas from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Pareidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 860, 1-26 - get paper here
  • Liu, S.; Mo, M.; Li, M.; Li, B.; Luo, X.; Rao, D.; Li, S. 2024. Description of a New Species of the Pareas hamptoni Complex from Yunnan, China, with Confirmation of P. hamptoni Sensu Stricto in China (Squamata, Pareidae). Animals 2024, 14, 421 - get paper here
  • Rao, D.Q. & D.T. YANG 1992. Phylogenetic systematics of Pareinae (Serpents) of southeastern Asia and adjacent islands with relationship between it and the geology changes. [In Chinese, English summary]. Acta zool. Sinica, 38 (2): 139-150.
  • Vogt, Theodor 1922. Zur Reptilien- und Amphibienfauna Südchinas. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 88A (10): 135-146 - get paper here
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
  • Wang P, Che J, Liu Q, Li K, Jin JQ, Jiang K, Shi L, Guo P 2020. A revised taxonomy of Asian snail-eating snakes Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae): evidence from morphological comparison and molecular phylogeny. ZooKeys 939: 45-64 - get paper here
 
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