Pareas victorianus VOGEL, NGUYEN & POYARKOV, 2021
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Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Victoria slug snake Burmese: Natmataung khayusar mwe |
Synonym | Pareas victorianus VOGEL, NGUYEN & POYARKOV in VOGEL et al. 2021 Pareas monticola – WOGAN et al. 2008: 87 (in part) Pareas (Eberhardtia) victorianus — POYARKOV et al. 2022 |
Distribution | W Myanmar (Chin State) Type locality: montane tropical forest between Kanpetlet town and Nat Ma Taung Mt., in Nat Ma Taung NP, Chin Hills, Mindat District, Chin State, western Myanmar (21.207556°N, 94.020056°E; at an elevation of 2280 m asl). |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype. CAS 235254, adult male collected on 21 May 2006, by A.K. Shein and L. Shein. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Pareas victorianus sp. nov. differs from all other members of the genus Pareas by the combination of the following morphological characters: a slender yellow-brown medium-sized snake (total length 487 mm); frontal scale subhexagonal with the lateral sides converging posteriorly; anterior pair of chin shields longer than broad; loreal contacting the eye; prefrontal contacting the eye; preocular and presubocular absent; temporals 2 + 3; slightly enlarged median vertebral row; 7 supralabials; 6 or 7 infralabial scales; 7 scale rows slightly keeled at midbody; 164 ventrals without lateral keels; 58 subcaudals, all divided; about 64 slightly billowing vertical dark bars on the trunk; 2 slight thin black postorbital stripes starting from lower and upper edges of postorbital scales; lower postorbital stripe reaching the anterior part of seventh supralabial, not continuing to the lower jaw and chin; the left and right upper postorbital stripes merge forming a black nuchal collar. Additional details (6935 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Only limited data provided as authors did not respond to request for details. |
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