Achalinus emilyae ZIEGLER, NGUYEN, PHAM, NGUYEN, PHAM, VAN SCHINGEN, NGUYEN & LE, 2019
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Achalinus emilyae
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Emily’s Burrowing Snake Chinese: 越北脊蛇 (Pinyin: Yue Bei Ji She) |
| Synonym | Achalinus emilyae ZIEGLER, NGUYEN, PHAM, NGUYEN, PHAM, VAN SCHINGEN, NGUYEN & LE 2019 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Quang Ninh), China (Guangxi Zhuang A. R.) Type locality: Dong Son-Ky Thuong Nature Reserve (21°10.15’N, 107°9.58’E, at an elevation of 348.5 m above sea level), Hoanh Bo District, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype. IEBR 4465 (Field no. 5/2016 KT 10), a female, collected by M. van Schingen and D.K.T. Pham on 5 May 2016. Paratype. VNMN 1334, an adult female, from Suoi Tuyen, Bac Giang Province (at an elevation between 320 and 400 m above sea level), collected by T. Ziegler and T. T. Nguyen on 24 June 2010 (listed as A. rufescens in Hecht et al. 2013: 547–548). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Achalinus, characterized by a combination of the following characters: 1) maxillary teeth 27 or 28; 2) suture between internasals distinctly longer than that between the prefrontals; 3) internasal not fused to prefrontal; 4) loreal not fused with prefrontal; 5) infralabials 5; 6) mental separated from anterior chin shields; 7) two anterior temporals, only the upper one in contact with eye, and two posterior temporals; 8) dorsal scales in 23–23–23 rows, keeled; 9) ventrals in females 157–161; 10) subcaudals in females 63, unpaired; 11) a total length of at least 519.5 mm (with a maximum tail length of 95.1 mm, and a tail/total length ratio of 0.18 in females); 12) dorsum iridescent pale yellowish brown with a dark longitudinal mid-dorsal stripe. |
| Comment | Habitat: The holotype was found at night (22:24) nearby a forest stream. The paratype was likewise found at night (ca. 23:00) on a forest path nearby a stream. Distribution: see Hou et al. 2021: 529 (Fig. 1) for a map. |
| Etymology | Named after Emily L. Ziegler. |
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