Psammophis turpanensis CHEN, LIU, CAI, LI, WU & GUO, 2021
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Psammophis turpanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Psammophiidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Turpan Sand Snake Chinese: 吐鲁番花条蛇 (Tu Lu Fan Hua Tiao She) |
| Synonym | Psammophis turpanensis CHEN, LIU, CAI, LI, WU & GUO 2021 Taphrometopon lineolatum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 695 (partim) Psammophis lineolatus — ZHAO & ALDER 1993: 252 (partim) Psammophis lineolatus — ZHAO, HUANG & ZONG 1998: 241 (partim) Psammophis lineolatus — ZHAO 2006: 256 (partim) |
| Distribution | China (Xinjiang: Turpan Basin) Type locality: Near Aydingkol Lake (42.70894°N, 89.25705°E),Turpan Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, elevation 151 meters below sea level) |
| Reproduction | oviparous (Chen et al. 2021) |
| Types | Holotype: CIB, 11824, adult female, collected by Jinlong Liu, Minli Chen, and Na Wu, on 25 September 2020 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Psammophis turpanensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from the recognized congeners by a combination of the following characters: 1) dorsal scale 17 rows at midbody, rostral visible from upper side; 2) anal divided, subcaudals paired; 3) 9 supralabials, of which the 4th to 6th are touching the eyes; 4) head subtriangular, and body slightly compressed; 5) 209 ventrals (including one preventral) in the single female; 6) dorsum with five stripes, three median stripes from parietals posteriorly to the tip of the tail anteriorly, one pair of stripes from the nostrils to the posterior of the tail; 7) temporal scale arrangement 2+2 on both sides; 8) nasal scale divided, nostril situated between two nasals, anterior nasal touching 2nd supralabial. (Chen et al. 2021). Additional details (2899 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality — Aydingkol Lake, located in the Turpan Basin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported species from the lowest elevation of the type locality in terrestrial animals. |
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