Achalinus timi ZIEGLER, NGUYEN, PHAM, NGUYEN, PHAM, VAN SCHINGEN, NGUYEN & LE, 2019
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Achalinus timi
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Tim’s Burrowing Snake |
| Synonym | Achalinus timi ZIEGLER, NGUYEN, PHAM, NGUYEN, PHAM, VAN SCHINGEN, NGUYEN & LE 2019 |
| Distribution | N Vietnam (Son La) Type locality: forest within the Copia Nature Reserve, near Hua Ty Village (21°20.105’N, 103°35.860’E), Co Ma Commune, Thuan Chau District, Son La Province, northern Vietnam |
| Reproduction | oviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype. IEBR A.2018.10 (Field no. PA.180), adult male, collected by A.V. Pham on 12 May 2014 at an elevation of ca. 1470 m above sea level. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Achalinus, characterized by a combination of the following characters: 1) maxillary teeth 27; 2) suture between the internasals distinctly longer than that between the prefrontals; 3) loreal fused with prefrontal on each side, with the prefrontal extending towards the supralabials; 4) dorsal scales in 25–25–23 rows, keeled; 5) ventrals 170+1; 6) subcaudals 72, unpaired; 7) a total length of at least 177.9 mm in males (with a tail length of 37.9 mm and a tail/total length ratio of 0.21); 8) dorsum in preservative reddish to greyish brown above, with wide portion of the vertebral region being distinctly darker; the lower head sides are somewhat paler; infralabial and chin shields light greyish brown; venter greyish cream, with the underside of the tail being somewhat darker and the chin region somewhat paler. |
| Comment | Habitat: the holotype was a road kill specimen. The surrounding habitat was secondary evergreen forest. Abundance: only known from a single specimen (2023). |
| Etymology | Named after Tim N. Ziegler. |
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