Dendrelaphis vogeli JIANG, GUO, REN & LI, 2020
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Vogel’s Bronzeback Chinese: 沃氏过树蛇 (Wo Shi Guo Shu She) |
Synonym | Dendrelaphis vogeli JIANG, GUO, REN & LI in JIANG et al. 2020 |
Distribution | China (S Yunnan), Thailand (Chiang Rai, Nan) Type locality: Menglun, Xishuangbanna, southern Yunnan, China |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: CIB 110716 (field number YN2018425), adult male, collected by Junfeng Guo, Ke Jiang and Zhongxiong Fu in May 2018. Paratypes: CIB 116817 (field number LAB-BN2019010), subadult male, collected from the same locality as holotype in May 2019; CIB 116101 (field number BN20190801), adult male, collected from the same locality as the holotype in July 2019. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 1) Ground color of body bronze, a black postocular stripe extending onto the neck only; 2) pale and dark ventrolateral stripe absent; 3) relatively indistinct transverse bands on anterior part of lateral body; 4) loreal single; 5) vertebral scales strongly enlarged; 6) dorsal scale rows 15-15-11, all smooth; 7) ventrals 193–197, subcaudals 130–135, paired; 8) SVL/TOL ratio 0.292–0.301; 9) supralabials 9, 4th through 6th touching the eye; 10) the outermost row of dorsal scales the same color as other dorsal scales; 11) retracted hemipenis extending to the 6–7th subcaudal scales. Additional details (3390 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | |
Etymology | The specific epithet “vogeli” is named after Mr. Gernot Vogel (Heidelberg, Germany), for his excellent contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Dendrelaphis. He and his collaborators published a series of articles to resolve taxonomic problems in this genus and described several new species. |
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