Lycodon latifasciatus NGUYEN, LEE, JIANG, DING, CHIT, POYARKOV & VOGEL, 2025
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Lycodon latifasciatus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: East himalayan Banded Wolf Snake |
| Synonym | Lycodon latifasciatus NGUYEN, LEE, JIANG, DING, CHIT, POYARKOV & VOGEL 2025: 6 |
| Distribution | Myanmar (Sagaing), China (Xizang) Type locality: Laung Nguk Village, Lahe Township, Khandi District, Sagaing region, Myanmar (26.159833°N, 95.522527°E; altitude ca. 950 meters asl. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. CAS 245367 (adult male), collected by M. hlaing, S.L. oo, Z.h. Aung, and y.M. Win on 19 May 2009. Paratypes (n = 4). China: Xizang AR—CIB DL.2015.25.52 (one adult male), from Beibeng Township, Medog County collected by L. Ding; CIB DL.050, CIB DL.053 (two adult males) from Damu Township, Medog County collected by L. Ding. Myanmar: Sagaing Region—ZMMu re-16728 (one adult male; field ID NAP-09559) from Zalon Taung Mt., Ban Mauk District (24.51628°N, 95.81705°E; altitude 660 meters asl.) collected by N.A. Poyarkov, P. Pawangkhanant, V.A. gorin, and May Thu Chit on 02 August 2019. Other specimens (n = 2). China: Xizang AR—CIB. DL.2015.122.51 (subadult male), from Beibeng Township, Medog County collected by L. Ding. Myanmar: Sagaing Region—ZMMu re-16729 (immature female; field ID NAP-09560) same collection data as ZMMu re-16728 specimen. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized species of Lycodon with a maximum total length of 871 mm; relative tail length 0.21–0.23; dorsal scale rows 17–17–15, first 5–9 upper dorsal scale rows keeled at midbody, remaining rows smooth; ventrals 206–216; subcaudals 90–96, paired; cloacal plate undivided; supralabials usually eight (rarely nine) with third to fifth scales in contact with eye; infralabials eight or nine (rarely seven), the first five (rarely four) in contact with anterior chin shields; preocular 1/1, blocking prefrontals from contacting eye; loreal usually in narrow contact with eye; postoculars 2/2; temporals 2+2 (rarely 2+3). Dorsum dark brown in life with 29–36 orange or orange brown light body crossbands and 13–21 tail crossbands; first light crossband starting between ventrals 4–11, 5–8 ventral scales long at base and 2–4 vertebral dorsal scales long; in life, head dark brown in adults, white spots present across most supralabials, underside of head white, scale sutures of chin and throat with dark brown mottling; venter with discrete light and dark crossbands, small irregular spots prevalent posteriorly. (Nguyen et al. 2025) Additional details (23568 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin “latus” meaning “broad”, or “wide”, and “fascia”, meaning “band”, in reference to the distinct dorsal coloration that putatively distinguishes this new species from other Lycodon. |
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