Calamaria sangi NGUYEN, KOCH & ZIEGLER, 2009
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Calamaria sangi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Sang's reed snake Vietnamese: Ran mai gam sang French: Calamaire de Sang German: Sangs Zwergschlange |
| Synonym | Calamaria sangi NGUYEN, KOCH & ZIEGLER 2009 Calamaria sangi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 141 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Kon Tum) Type locality: Mang Canh Commune (14°41.950'N, 108°14.642'E), Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam; 1,200 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR 360, an adult specimen (unknown gender) collected on 12 January 2001 by Nguyen Quang Truong and Andrei Kuznetsov. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Calamaria sangi sp. nov. is distinguishable from congeneric species by having a combination of the following characters: 1) rostral wider than high; 2) paraparietal surrounded by five to six shields and scales; 3) eye diameter larger than eye-mouth distance; 4) preocular present; 5) four supralabials, second and third entering orbit; 6) maxillary teeth nine, modified; 7) infralabials four to five, first three touching anterior chin shields; 8) mental touching anterior chin shields; 9) ventrals 2 + 190; subcaudal scales 19, divided; 10) anal plate single; 11) tail relatively short (6.2% ofthe total length), as thick as body, not distinctly tapering, and ending in obtuse point; 12) dorsum greyish-brown, with fine dark mottling; 13) venter cream, with dark transverse bands and a dark longitudinal stripe below tail. |
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| Etymology | Named sangi to honor Nguyen Van Sang (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam, Chinese Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, in recognition of his lifework. |
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