Opisthotropis shenzhenensis WANG, GUO, LIU, LYU, WANG, LUO, SUN & ZHANG, 2017
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Opisthotropis shenzhenensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Shenzhen Mountain Stream Snake Chinese: Shenzhen Hou Leng She |
| Synonym | Opisthotropis shenzhenensis WANG, GUO, LIU, LYU, WANG, LUO, SUN & ZHANG 2017 |
| Distribution | China (Guangdong) Type locality: Mt. Wutong (22°34′54.8′′N, 114°12′2.7′′E; 260 m a.s.l.), Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SYS r001018, adult male, collected by Jian Zhao and Run-Lin Li on 15 September, 2014. Paratypes: SYS r000635, an adult male, collected by JHY and RLL on 11 April, 2012 from the same locality as the holotype. Three adult female specimens: SYS r000636 collected by JHY and RLL on 11 April, 2012 from the same locality as the holotype; SYS r001021 collected by JZ and RLL on 17 September, 2014 from Sanzhoutian (22°38′52.16′′N, 114°16′32.08′′E; 314 m a.s.l.), Shenzhen City; SYS r001032 collected by JZ and RLL on 19 September, 2014 from Mt. Tiantou (22°41′1.75′′N, 114°24′17.58′′E; 327 m a.s.l.), Shenzhen City; SYS r001145 collected by JW and ZTL on 13 April, 2015 from Mt. Yingping (22°52′40.54′′N, 114°9′12.27′′E; 155 m a.s.l.), Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Opisthotropis shenzhenensis sp. nov. differs from other species of Opisthotropis by a combination of the following characters: (1) TL 328–412 mm; (2) tail short, TaL 16–19% of TL; (3) rostral, narrowed, RW 25– 30% of HW; (4) nasal in contact with first, second and third supralabials; (5) nasal cleft invariably pointing to the middle of upper edge of second supralabial; (6) loreal 1.3–1.6 times as long as deep; (7) loreal not entering the orbit, not in contact with second supralabials in all known specimens; (8) supralabials 9–10, the last one smaller than adjacent preceding one; (9) infralabials 8–10; (10) dorsal scale rows 19:19:19; (11) dorsal scales keeled throughout, weakly keeled on neck, posteriorly strongly keeled; (12) ventrals 162–179; subcaudals 53–60; (13) olive-green above in life, each scale with black edge, forming fine mesh pattern; yellow beneath, ventral surface of head and tail mottled with blackish grey. 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 5260 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Sympatry: Opisthotropis shenzhenensis, O. andersonii, O. kuatunensis and O. lateralis. |
| Etymology | The specific name “shenzhenensis” is derived from the type locality of the new species, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. |
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