Achalinus ningshanensis YANG, HUANG, JIANG, BURBRINK, GONG, YU, ZHANG, HUANG & HUANG, 2022
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Achalinus ningshanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | Achalinus ningshanensis ningshanensis YANG, HUANG, JIANG, BURBRINK, GONG, YU, ZHANG, HUANG & HUANG 2022 Achalinus ningshanensis occidentalis XU, MA, YANG, CAI, HUANG & PENG 2024 |
| Common Names | E: Ningshan Odd-scaled Snake Chinese: 宁陕脊蛇 (Níng Shǎn Jǐ Shé) E: Western China Odd-scaled Snake [occidentalis] Chinese: Níng Shǎn Jǐ Shé Huá Xī Yà Zhǒng (宁陕脊蛇华 西亚种) [occidentalis] |
| Synonym | Achalinus ningshanensis YANG, HUANG, JIANG, BURBRINK, GONG, YU, ZHANG, HUANG & HUANG 2022 Achalinus ningshanensis ningshanensis — XU et al. 2024 Achalinus ningshanensis occidentalis XU, MA, YANG, CAI, HUANG & PENG 2024 Achalinus spinalis — ZHAO et al. 1999 Achalinus spinalis — PENG et al. Achalinus spinalis — ZIEGLER et al. Achalinus spinalis — LI et al. Achalinus spinalis — LUU et al. Achalinus spinalis — MILLER et al. Achalinus spinalis — LI et al. Achalinus spinalis — LI et al. Achalinus sp. — YANG et al. Achalinus sp. — XU et al. |
| Distribution | China (Shaanxi) Type locality: Xunyangba Town (33.5434 N, 108.5439 E, 1372 m a. s. l.), Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China |
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| Types | Holotype. ANU20220001 (field number JK0917, Fig. 3), an adult female, collected in summer of 2008 by the team of Ke Jiang. Paratypes. Six females, JK0918, JK0889, JK0890, JK0891, HSR19131, and HSR19132 (Voucher number: ANU20220002–7), all with the same collecting information as the holotype. Holotype. QHU 2023013, adult female, collected by the team of Lifang Peng on 25 September, 2023 from Longquanyi district, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦32′19.67′′ N, 104◦19′18.12′′ E; 845 m a.s.l.); Paratypes. Females (n = 9): QHU 2024020, adult, collected on 6 May 2024 from Chongzhou City, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦47′08.16′′ N, 103◦19′32.88′′ E; 1024 m a.s.l.); QHU 2024021, QHU 2024022, adult, collected in May 2024 from Lushan County, Yaan City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦29′10.68′′ N, 103◦6′15.48′′ E; 1107 m a.s.l.); QHU 2024025, QHU 2024026, adult, collected by Maozhou Xu and Tianxuan Gu on 31 May 2024 from Mt. Tiantai, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦16′12.36′′ N, 103◦07′07.68′′ E; 1300 m a.s.l.); QHU 2024028, adult, collected on 18 June 2024 from Chongzhou City, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦50′00.06′′ N, 103◦23′30.73′′ E; 1232 m a.s.l.); and QHU 2024029, subadult, collected on 18 June 2024 from Dayi County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦38′45.96′′ N, 103◦19′01.92′′ E; 1030 m a.s.l.) by the team of Lifang Peng. CIB MS761, adult, collected by Bo Cai on 5 August 2024 from Dujiangyan City, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦57′43.92′′ N, 103◦35′24.00′′ E; 750 m a.s.l.). ANU 20220008 (also CHS 007 in Li et al. [43], and HUM201200001 and HS 12093 in Peng et al. [44]), adult, collected by the team of Song Huang on 05 August, 2012 from Taibai County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, China (34◦01′51.59′′ N, 107◦13′41.16′′ E; 1677 m a.s.l.). Males (n = 4): QHU 2023014, adult, with the same collected information as the holotype; QHU 2024016, adult, ollected on 21 April 2024 from Hongya County, Meishan City, Sichuan Province, China (29◦37′17.75′′ N, 103◦15′2.88′′ E; 737 m a.s.l.); QHU 2024019, subadult, collected on 29 April 2024 from Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (31◦29′20.40′′ N, 103◦37′53.76′′ E; 1400 m a.s.l.); and QHU 2024024, juvenile, collected on 11 June 2024 from Dayi County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China (30◦37′42.96′′ N, 03◦10′19.20′′ E; 1300 m a.s.l.) by the team of Lifang Peng. [occidentalis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Achalinus ningshanensis sp. nov. can be differentiated from all other members of the genus Achalinus by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) dorsum iridescent and uniformly dark brown in preservative, longitudinal vertebral line absent; (2) brown beneath; (3) dotted black streak in the middle of the subcaudals absent; (4) tail length relatively short, TaL/ToL 12–16% in females; (5) fewer subcaudals, 41–46, in females; (6) dorsal scales 23 rows throughout, strongly keeled, and the outer-most rows on both sides of the body also keeled and slightly enlarged; (7) one loreal; (8) internasal not fused to prefrontal; (9) suture between internasals is similar size when compared to the suture between prefrontals; (10) preocular and postocular absent; (11) 6 supralabials; (12) 5 infralabials, the first 3 (rarely 2) touching the first pair of chin shields; (13) 3 pairs of chin shields.” (Yang et al. 2022) Additional details (11166 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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