Achalinus formosanus BOULENGER, 1908

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Higher Taxa	Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Achalinus formosanus chigirai OTA & TOYAMA 1989 Achalinus formosanus formosanus BOULENGER 1908
Common Names	E: Formosa Odd-scaled Snake
Synonym	Achalinus formosanus BOULENGER 1908: 221 Achalinopsis sauteri STEINDACHNER 1913: 219 Achalinopsis sauteri — ZONG & MA 1983 Achalinus formosanus — SHIE 2005 Achalinus formosanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 5 Achalinus formosanus chigirai OTA and TOYAMA 1989 Achalinus formosanus chigirai — GORIS & MAEDA 2004: 203 Achalinus formosanus chigirai — O’SHEA 2018
Distribution	Taiwan, Japan (S Ryukyu islands) Type locality: “Punkiho, Kagi district, Central Formosa”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.1.7.78, NMW Holotype: OMNH (Osaka) R2673, an adult male, collected on a road at night on 18 May 1985, by K. Miyagi. [chigirai]
Diagnosis
Comment	Conservation: A. f. chigirai is classified as “near threatened” in Japan (Ota 2000).
Etymology	Named after its distribution in Taiwan (= Formosa).
References	Boulenger, GEORGE A. 1908. Description of a new frog and a new snake from Formosa. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 2: 221-222 - get paper here Chen, Y. 2009. Conservation biogeography of the snake family Colubridae of China. North-Western Journal of Zoology 5 (2): 251-262 - get paper here Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 Goris, R.C. & Maeda, N. 2004. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan. Krieger, Malabar, 285 pp. Ota, H. 2000. Current status of the threatened amphibians and reptiles of Japan. Popul. Ecol. 42: 5-9 - get paper here Ota, H. and Toyama, M. 1989. Taxonomic re-definition of Achalinus formosanus Boulenger (Xenoderminae: Colubridae: Ophidia), with description of a new subspecies. Copeia 1989 (3): 597-602 - get paper here Ota, H. and Toyama, M. 1989. Two additional specimens of Achalinus formosanus chigirai (Colubridae: Ophidia) from the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 13 (2): 40-43 - get paper here O’Shea, M. 2018. The Book of Snakes. Ivy Press / Quarto Publishing, London, - get paper here Shie, Jia-Rung 2005. Phylogeography of Odd-scaled Snake Achalinus in Taiwan. Masters thesis, National Sun Yat-sen University, 53 pp. Steindachner, F. 1913. Über zwei neue Schlangenarten aus Formosa. Anz. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Ser. 50: 218-220 Stejneger, L. 1910. The batrachians and reptiles of Formosa. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 38: 91-114 - 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. 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 Zong Y; Ma J 1983. A new species of the genus Achalinopsis from Jiangxi and the restoration of this genus [in Chinese]. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 2 (2): 61-63 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Achalinus formosanus - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information http://homepage3.nifty.com/japrep/snake/namihebi/takachiho/text/eyaetaka.htm http://chungweiyou.pixnet.net/blog/post/24409413 http://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Start_Page_EN.htm http://homepage3.nifty.com/japrep/snake/namihebi/takachiho/text/eyaetaka.htmphoto: http://chungweiyou.pixnet.net/blog/post/24409413info: http://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Start_Page_EN.htm Google images

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