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Achalinus jinggangensis (ZONG & MA, 1983)

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Higher TaxaXenodermidae, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zong's Odd-scaled Snake
Chinese: 井冈山脊蛇 
SynonymAchalinopsis jinggangensis ZONG & MA 1983: 61
Achalinus jinggangensis OTA & TOYAMA 1989
Achalinus jinggangensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 5
Achalinus jinggangensis — GAO et al. 2022
Achalinus jinggangensis — XU et al. 2026 
DistributionChina (Jiangxi, Hunan)

Type locality: "Dajing Village, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, alt. 940m," [China].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SNHM 82X118, a 460 mm female (17 Oct. 1982), Shanghai Natural History Museum 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This species resembles Achalinopsis sauteri in having no loreal and preocular, which is an outstanding distinction from the genus Achalinus, but differs from it in that, 1) It has three rows of 23 dorsals each, with the outermost dorsals 11 times as wide as the adjacent ones. 2) There are two pretemporals, both entering the eyes. 3) The suture between the rostral and the nasal is far longer than that between the rostral and the internasal. 4) the whole body is blue-black with metallic or enamel lustre. 5) It has about 22 maxillary teeth. (Zong & Ma 1983: 63)


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CommentDistribution: for a map of localities see Xu et al. 2026: 390 (Fig. 2). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • GAO, ZHIWEI; TIANYU QIAN, JIANPING JIANG, DEJIA HOU, XUEJIAN DENG & DAODE YANG. 2022. Species diversity and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Hunan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (2): 21290, 1–15 - get paper here
  • LI, K., WU, Y. Y., XU, R. Y., ZHU, F., REN, J. L., GUO, P., & DONG, B. J. 2021. A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China. Zootaxa 5026 (2): 239-254 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • 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
  • Xu Y, Hu J, Qi S, Ma S, Chen H, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Sun F, Zhou J, Xu J, Wang Y, Peng L 2026. Taxonomic reassessment of Achalinus jinggangensis (Zong & Ma, 1983) (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with description of a new species from Zhejiang Province, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2): 387-409 - get paper here
  • Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, CUONG THE PHAM, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, ANH VAN PHAM, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THAM THI NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590 (2): 249-269 - get paper here
  • Zong Y; Ma J 1983. A new species of the genus Achalinopsis from Jiangxi and the restoration of this genus [in Chinese]. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 2 (2): 61-63 - get paper here
 
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