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Achalinus hainanus HUANG, 1975

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Higher TaxaXenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hainan Odd-scaled Snake
Chinese: 海南脊蛇 
SynonymAchalinus hainanus — HU & ZHAO 1966: 88
Achalinus hainanus HUANG 1975
Achalinus hainanus — ZHAO 2006: 154
Achalinus hainanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 5 
DistributionChina (Hainan)

Type locality: Chien Fung Ling, Hainan, elevation 800 m  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NZMC (given as IZAS) 1076, adult female; January 20, 1964; paratype, an adult female (IZAS No. 1016; January 16, 1964; from the same locality as the holotype). 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS: “This new species is similar to Achalinus rufescens Boulenger, but differs from the latter in having only one anterior temporal, in the upper tertiary temporals directly contacted with each other mesially without an interoccipital, and in having more ventral (165-168).” (Hu & Zhao 1966: 88) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • HA, N. V., ZIEGLER, T., SY, T. D., LE, M. D., NGUYEN, T. Q., & LUU, V. Q. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5168 (3): 375-387 - get paper here
  • Hu S., Djao [Zhao] E., and Huang Z. 1975. Three new species of reptiles from Hainan Island, Guangdong Province (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Zool. Sinica, Peking, 21(4): 379-384 (English translation by Akihiro Koshikawa 1982, Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv, Washington, 53: 1-9). - get paper here
  • Hu, Shu-QIN & Zhao, Ermi 1966. Three new species of reptiles from Szechwan (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Zootaxon. Sinica, Peking, 3 (2): 158-164
  • LI, K., WU, Y. Y., XU, R. Y., ZHU, F., REN, J. L., GUO, P., & DONG, B. J. 2021. A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China. Zootaxa 5026 (2): 239-254 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here
  • Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp.
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, CUONG THE PHAM, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, ANH VAN PHAM, MONA VAN SCHINGEN, THAM THI NGUYEN, MINH DUC LE 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590 (2): 249-269 - get paper here
 
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