Hebius jingdongensis MA, SHI, AYI & JIANG, 2023
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Hebius jingdongensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Jingdong Keelback Snake Chinese: 景东腹 链蛇” (Jǐng Dōng Fù Liàn Shé) |
| Synonym | Hebius jingdongensis MA, SHI, AYI & JIANG 2023 Amphiesma octolineata — ZHAO et al. 1998 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Mt. Ailao Ecological Station (101.01 °E, 24.52 °N, ca 2400 m a.s.l.) located at Jingdong in Yunnan, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype CIB 119044, sub-adult female, collected by Guocheng Shu, Meihua Zhang, Shengchao Shi and Chunling Zhao on 27 July 2017. Paratypes CIB 8394, adult female, collected on 18 June 1958 from Huangcaoling; CIB 8395, adult female with little broken at the tail tip, collected on 5 June 1958 from Xinmin Village. These two localities are both located in the same county as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) body cylindrical, tail relatively short, TaL/TL 0.235–0.243; (2) dorsal scale rows 19-19-17; (3) ventrals 163– 166, cloacal plate divided, subcaudals 71–74 pairs; (4) supralabials 8, the first two contact with the nasals; (5) infralabials 9 or 10, preocular 1, postoculars 3; (6) body dorsum sandy beige with the sides yellowish-brown decorated with two brick-red stripes on the dorsolateral scale rows in life; (7) sutures between the labials brick-red in life and taupe in preservative; (8) ventral light yellow with the outer part of each scale brick-red in life; (9) ventrolateral stripes present. (Ma et al. 2023) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 8226 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after the type locality of this species. |
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