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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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). Additional details (3233 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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