Achalinus damingensis XU, YANG, WU, GONG, HUANG & HUANG, 2023
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Achalinus damingensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Achalinus damingensis XU, YANG, WU, GONG, HUANG & HUANG in YANG et al. 2023: 395 |
| Distribution | China (Guangxi) Type locality: Daming Mountain (23°29′54.04′′ N, 108°26′22.15′′ E, 1272 m a. s. l.), Shanglin County, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. |
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| Types | Holotype. ANU20220009 (collection number: HSR22147), an adult male, was collected by Jiaxiang Wu, Jun Xiang & Zhenglian Feng on August 1, 2022 at 3:40 p.m. It was found trapped in an abandoned pool with some water in it. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. The new species of Achalinus can be distinguished from its congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: (1) dorsum (head, body and tail) predominantly brownish-black, slightly tinged with iridescence; a bright yellow collar around the neck, extending forward to the ventral of the head; (2) DSR 23–23–23, moderately keeled; (3) TaL/ToL ratio 0.25 in the single male; (4) length of suture between internasal significantly longer than that between prefrontal, LSBI/LSBP ratio 1.34; (5) supralabials 6, the fourth and fifth in contact with the eye; (6) infralabials 6, the first three touching the first pair of chin shields; (7) temporals 7, arranged in three rows (2+2+3), the anterior pair elongated, in contact with the eye; (8) a single loreal; (9) ventrals 3+162; (10) subcaudals 74, unpaired; (11) cloacal plate entire; (12) two pairs of chin shields; (13) longitudinal vertebral line absent, with a dotted black streak in the middle of the subcaudals absent. (Xu et al. 2023: 395) 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 7999 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Abundance: only known from a single specimen (2023). |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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