Achalinus dehuaensis LI, WU, XU, ZHU, REN, GUO & DONG, 2021
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Achalinus dehuaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dehua odd–scaled snake Chinese: “De Hua Ji She” (德化脊蛇) |
| Synonym | Achalinus dehuaensis LI, WU, XU, ZHU, REN, GUO & DONG 2021 |
| Distribution | China (Fujian) Type locality: Nancheng Town, Dehua County, Fujian Province, China, at an elevation of 455 m above sea level |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. YBU 13013, a juvenile male, collected in July 2013 (Fig. 1). Paratypes (n = 5). Three males, LAB 2020039 (Fig. 5) (LAB: field catalogue number of CIB), CIB 8100, CIB 8101; two females, CIB 8102 and CIB 8099. The specimens were collected from Youxi County (LAB2020039) and Dehua County (the others), Fujian Province, China. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Achalinus having a combination of the following characters: (1) dorsal scales 23 rows throughout, strongly keeled, the most outer rows on both sides also keeled and slightly enlarged; (2) tail relatively longer, TaL/TL ratio 0.26–0.29 in males, 0.21–0.22 in females; (3) maxillary teeth 30–33; (4) length of suture between internasals significantly longer than that between prefrontals; (5) nasal divided into two sections by nasal cleft; (6) a single loreal; (7) SPO 1, seldom 2; (8) SPL 6, the fourth and fifth contacting with eye; (9) IFL5, rarely 6, the first three touching the first pair of chin shields; (10) TMP 7–9, arranged in three rows; (11) VS 142–149 in males, VS 152–154 in females; (12) SC 74–81 in males, SC 63–65 in females, arranged in a single row; (13) cloacal entire; (14) greyish brown above, pale yellow beneath; (15) dorsum with an indistinct longitudinal vertebral stripe (Li et al. 2021). 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 3233 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species name refers to the type locality of this species, Nancheng Town, Dehua County, Fujian Province, China (Fig. 1). |
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