Sinomicrurus annularis (GÜNTHER, 1864)
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Sinomicrurus annularis
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: MacClelland’s Coral Snake G: MacClellands Korallenotter Chinese: 环纹华珊瑚蛇 |
| Synonym | Callophis [sic] annularis GÜNTHER 1864: 349 Callophis [sic] annularis — GÜNTHER 1888: 171 Callophis maclellandi — SCLATER 1891: 56 (in part) Callophis macclellandii — WALL 1903: 97 (in part) Callophis Mac Clellandi — VAILLANT 1904: 298 Callophis macclellandi macclellandi — WALL 1908b: 37 (in part) Calliophis macclellandii — STEJNEGER 1907: 391 (in part) Callophis macclellandi — WALL 1918: 628, 631 (in part) Calliophis macclellandi — MELL 1922: 7, 9, 229 Calliophis macclellandi — WALL 1925b: 244 (in part) Callophis macclellandi swinhoei — BOURRET 1934c Calliophis macclellandii macclellandii — BOURRET 1935a Hemibungarus macclellandi macclellandi — GOLAY et al., 1993: 142 (in part) Hemibungarus macclellandi — LU et al., 1999: 234 Sinomicrurus macclellandi — SLOWINSKI et al., 2001: 233 Hemibungarus macclellandii macclellandii — KABISCH 2002: 973 Sinomicrurus macclellandi macclellandi — ZHAO 2006: 299 (in part) Sinomicrurus macclellandii — SMITH et al., 2012: 54 Sinomicrurus macclellandi sensu lato — MIRZA et al., 2020: 105 Sinomicrurus annularis — SMART et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | China Type locality: restricted to Hong Kong Island by Smart et al. 2021. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1948.1.18.3, adult male [original number BMNH 61.8.12.48; |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Based on 51 individuals (35 males, 16 females) exam- ined by us and variation recorded from literature when sex was given (See Appendix 2); relatively small species of Sinomicrurus (1) SVL 199– 616 mm (mean 374.5 mm) in males, 217–560 mm (mean 384.5 mm) females; (2) temporals 1+1; (3) no maxillary teeth behind fangs, palatine teeth 4–7, pterygoid teeth 3–4, dentary teeth 6–11; (4) supralabials 7/7 (holotype 6/6), contacting eye 3–4; (5) infralabials 6/6 (4 large, equal sized chin-shields, gular 1, preventrals 3); (6) postoculars 2; (7) nuchal-band width 1–3.3 scales in males, 1.3–4 scales in females; (8) black body bands 1–39 in males, 0–35 in females; (9) small paired contralateral black spots, occupying less than one full scale, often present in-between black bands on dorsum; (10) ventrals 194–220 in males, 202–228 in females; (11) anal divided; (12) paired subcaudals 26–38 in males, 24–34 in females; (13) tail bands 0–7 in males, 0–6 in females; (14) relative tail length (TL/SVL) 0.09–0.14 (mean 0.12) in males, 0.08–0.12 (mean 0.10) in females (Smart et al. 2021: 2230). 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 7368 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: mostly from Smart et al. 2021 who resurrected Sinomicrurus annularis from the synonymy of Sinomicrurus macclellandi. See that paper also for references. Distribution: for a map of localities see Smart et al. 2021: 2231 (Fig. 7). |
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