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) |
| Subspecies | |
| 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). |
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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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