Achalinus hunanensis MA, SHI, XIANG, SHU & JIANG, 2023
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Achalinus hunanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hunan Odd-scale Snake, Hunan Burrowing Snake, Chinese: 湖南脊蛇 (Hú Nán Jǐ Shé) |
| Synonym | Achalinus hunanensis MA, SHI, XIANG, SHU & JIANG 2023 Achalinus ater — SHU et al. 2014 Achalinus ater — SHEN et al. 2014 Achalinus ater — GAO et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | China (Hunan) Type locality: Huangyan Village, Hecheng District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, China (27°28′N, 110°02′E; ca. 880 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. CIB 119039 (Collection No. 20130505001), subadult male (Fig. 4), collected in early May 2013, by Sheng-Chao Shi and Sun-Jun Xiang. Paratype. CIB 119040, subadult male (Fig. 5), collected on 16 June 2022, by Sheng-Qiang Liu from Wazizhai, Ningxiang County, Changsha City, Hunan Prov- ince, China (28°00′N, 111°53′E; ca. 1020 m a.s.l.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. (1) 23 rows of dorsal scales throughout the body, all dorsal scales strongly keeled, and the outmost one strongly keeled and enlarged; (2) tail relatively short, TaL/TL 0.221 ~ 0.225; (3) maxillary teeth 23; (4) the suture between internasals 2 × as long as that between prefrontals; (5) loreal one, subrectangular, LorH/LorL 0.62 ~ 0.70; (6) supralabials six, the 4th and 5th touch the eye; (7) the two anterior temporals in contact with eye; (8) ventrals 163–165, subcaudals 69–72, not paired. (Ma et al. 2023) 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 2372 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after its known distribution range, which is endemic to Hunan Province. |
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