Oligodon zhangfujii JIANG, WU, HUANG, REN, GAO, LYU & LI, 2024
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Oligodon zhangfujii
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Zhang’s Kukri snake Chinese: zhāng shì xǐao tóu shé (张氏小头蛇) |
| Synonym | Oligodon zhangfujii JIANG, WU, HUANG, REN, GAO, LYU & LI 2024 |
| Distribution | China (Xizang) Type locality: Beibeng Township (29.2441°N, 95.1916°E; ca 1115 m a.s.l.), Mêdog County, Xizang, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype CIB 121710 (field no. LJT-XZ 2023027) (Figures 2–3), adult male, collected by Di-Hao Wu, Jun-Jie Huang, and Zong-Yuan Gao on 16 August 2023. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species is assigned to the genus Oligodon based on its enlarged, compressed, blade-like posterior maxillary teeth, large rostral scale, and characteristic head pattern (Wall, 1923; Smith, 1943). The new species is distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of the following morphological characters: (1) 17-17-15 dorsal scale rows; (2) six supralabials, third and fourth entering orbit; (3) one loreal present; (4) seven infralabials, first to fourth in contact with anterior chin shields; (5) 173 ventral scales and 47 pairs of subcaudal scales; (6) cloacal plate divided; (7) hemipenis single, shallowly bilobed, with large calcareous spines and a calyx area, sulcus spermaticus single; and (8) eight maxillary teeth.(Jiang et al. 2024) 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 3900 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Professor Fu-Ji Zhang ( 张 服 基 ) (1946–), a herpetologist from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who has significantly contributed to studies on the hemipenial morphology of Chinese reptiles. |
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