Trimerodytes yapingi (GUO, ZHU & LIU, 2019)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Chinese: 景东华游蛇 E: Jingdong Water Snake
Synonym	Sinonatrix yapingi GUO, ZHU & LIU 2019 Trimerodytes yapingi — REN et al. 2019 (by implication) Trimerodytes yapingi — DINH et al. 2022
Distribution	China (Yunnan), Laos Type locality: Jingdong (24.53°N, 100.94°E), Yunnan Province, China, at an elevation of 1500 m a.s.l.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: YBU 15296, adult female, collected by F. Zhu and Z.Q. Zhang in August 2015.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: 1) Large body size (maximum total length more than 795 mm); 2) dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, moderately keeled except outer four; 3) prefrontal single; 4) ventral scales 149, subcaudals 55, paired; 5) cloaca divided; 6) body bands 30; 7) belly milk-white, without speckles or bands; 8) reduction of dorsal scale rows from 19 to 17 anterior to 90th ventral scale; 9) reduction of caudodorsal scales rows from 8 to 6 anterior to 12th subcaudal and from 6 to 4 anterior to 38th subcaudal; 10) postorbital bones not in contact with frontals, with weak parietal ridge; end of supratemporal bones extending beyond braincase; maxillary teeth 25, last two not enlarged; dentary teeth 26. In addition, the genetic distances between the new species and each Sinonatrix representative range from 14.6% to 15.0%. 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 6549 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	The species is named after Dr. Yaping Zhang, a Chinese academician, in recognition of his great contribution to Chinese herpetological research.
References	Dinh, T. S., Phimpasone, V., Ha, H. B., Nguyen, T. Q., Ziegler, T., & Luu, V. Q. 2022. New country record of Trimerodytes yapingi (Guo, Zhu & Liu, 2019)(Squamata: Natricidae) from Laos with the first description of a male specimen and expanded diagnosis Bonn zoological Bulletin 71 (2): 99–103 - get paper here GUO, PENG; FEI ZHU & QIN LIU 2019. A new member of the genus Sinonatrix (Serpentes: Colubridae) from western China. Zootaxa 4623 (3): 535–544 - get paper here REN, Jinlong; Kai WANG, Peng GUO, Yingyong WANG, Tao Thien NGUYEN, and Jiatang LI 2019. On the Generic Taxonomy of Opisthotropis balteata (Cope, 1895) (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae): Taxonomic Revision of Two Natricine Genera. Asian Herpetological Research 10 (2): 105–128; DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.180091 - 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, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3F202E4D-98B8-4C17-AF83… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/333803735510898 Google images

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