Pareas kuznetsovorum POYARKOV, YUSHCHENKO & NGUYEN, 2022
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Pareas kuznetsovorum
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Pareas kuznetsovorum POYARKOV, YUSHCHENKO & NGUYEN in POYARKOV et al. 2022: 58 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Phu Yen Province: NE foothills of the Langbian Plateau) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZMMU R-16802 (field number NAP-10333), adult male collected by N. A. Poyarkov from the lowland semideciduous monsoon forest in Song Hinh Protected Forest, Song Hinh District, Phu Yen Province, southern Vietnam (N 12.77522, E 109.04606; elevation 583 m asl.) on January 16, 2021. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pareas kuznetsovorum sp. nov. differs from other members of the genus Pareas by the combination of the following morphological characteristics: total length up to 639 mm; anterior pair of chin shields longer than broad; loreal and prefrontal not contacting the eye; two suboculars; one postocular; temporals 3 + 4; the single median vertebral scale row slightly enlarged; 7 supralabial scales; 7–8 infralabial scales; 15 dorsal scale rows, all smooth; 167 ventrals; 87 subcaudals, all divided; dorsum tan to light brown with distinct dark-brown vertebral line, blackish vertebral spots and 70 transverse dark-brown bands; upper postorbital stripes thick, black, contacting each other on the nuchal area forming a dark black Ψ-shaped chevron; lower postorbital stripes thin, black, reaching the anterior part of SL7, not continuing to the lower jaw and chin; belly yellow with sparce dark-gray dusting and brown elongated spots forming three longitudinal lines on ventrals; iris uniform off-white with beige lateral parts. |
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| Etymology | Named after two biologists, Andrei N. Kuznetsov and Svetlana P. Kuznetsova. They have greatly contributed to organization of biological expedtions of the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Center in various parts of Vietnam from 1996 to 2021; without their enthusiasm and support our fieldwork in Vietnam, including the expedition during which the holotype of the new species was collected, would have not been possible. |
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