Achalinus panzhihuaensis HOU, WANG, GUO, CHEN, YUAN & CHE, 2021
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Achalinus panzhihuaensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Panzhihua Odd-scaled Snake Chinese: 攀枝 花脊蛇 (Pinyin: Pan Zhi Hua Ji She) |
| Synonym | Achalinus panzhihuaensis HOU, WANG, GUO, CHEN, YUAN & CHE 2021: 535 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: Hongbao Village (27.00°N, 101.53°E), Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ 040189, adult male, collected by Benfu Miao and Kai Wang on 10 May 2018. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Achalinus panzhihuaensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from recognized congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) TaL/ToL 24.6% in the single male; (2) two nasal scales in contact with each other behind the rostral; (3) internasal absent; (4) loreal rectangular; (5) supralabials 6; (6) postocular single and small; (7) temporals 2+2+3, anterior pair elongated, upper one smaller, only uppermost in contact with eye; (8) infralabials 6; (9) mental in contact with first pair of chin shields, fully separating first pair of infralabials; (10) dorsal scales 23–23–19 rows; (11) ventrals 160; (12) subcaudals 73, unpaired; (13) precloacal scale entire; (14) maxillary teeth 28; and (15) all scales iridescent with metallic luster, brown dorsally, with single indigo-colored vertebral line. 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 2272 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: see Hou et al. 2021: 529 (Fig. 1) for a map. Abundance: only known from a single specimen (2023). |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “panzhihuaensis” is named after the type locality of the new species, Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, China. |
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