Herpetoreas yadongensis TAN, LI, ZHAO, ZHANG, GUO & LYU, 2026
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Herpetoreas yadongensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Yadong Keelback Snake Chinese: 亚东腹链蛇 (Ya Dong Fu Lian She) |
| Synonym | Herpetoreas yadongensis TAN, LI, ZHAO, ZHANG, GUO & LYU 2026: 38 |
| Distribution | China (Xizang) Type locality: Yadong County (89.011° E, 27.303° N ), Xizang Autonomous Region, China, at an elevation of 1 873 m. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype YBU 250477 (Figures 2–3), an adult male. Paratypes (n = 2) YBU 21270, an adult male; YBU 21278, juvenile, from Yadong County (89.011° E, 27.303° N ), Xizang Autonomous Region, China, at an elevation of 2 260 m. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species is characterized by a combination of the following characters: (1) preoculars 2; (2) postoculars 2; (3) temporals 1+2 or 1+1+2; (4) dorsal scale rows 19-19-17, all keeled except the outer one, dorsal scale reduction from 19 to 17 rows occurs at the 109th–111th VS; (5) ventrals 215–219; (6) cloacal plate divided; (7) subcaudals 89– 90, paired; (8) the reduction of tail dorsal scales from 8 to 6 rows occurs at SC position 35–36, from 6 to 4 at SC 74; (9) tail segments with 4 supracaudal scale rows constituted 0.38%– 0.42% of those with 6 rows; (10) a wide dark stripe extending from the posterior eye to the upper corner of the mouth; (11) dorsum brick-brown live, speckled with short dark stripes; (12) body belly and tail venter immaculate, each shield decorated with dark spots on its lateral edges. (Tan et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 2.07 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality, Yadong County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. |
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