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Pareas temporalis LE, TRAN, HOANG & STUART, 2021

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Higher TaxaPareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Di Linh slug-eating snake 
SynonymPareas temporalis LE, TRAN, HOANG & STUART 2021
Pareas (Pareas) temporalis — POYARKOV et al. 2022: 69 
DistributionVietnam (Lam Dong Province)

Type locality: Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Da Huoai District, Doan Ket Commune, 11.340°N, 107.620°E, 496 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: UNS 09992 (field number LD25711), adult female, collected by Duong T.T. Le and Thinh G. Tran, on 25 July 2020 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Pareas temporalis is distinguished from all other Pareas by having the combination of yellow-brown body colouration; hexagonal-shaped frontal, with lateral sides parallel to the body axis; 16–17 temporals, with 4–5 anterior temporals; loreal and prefrontal not contacting eye; 2–3 preoculars; two suboculars; 2–3 postoculars; 8–9 supralabials; 8–9 infralabials; 15–15–15 dorsal scale rows, all keeled, three vertebral scale rows enlarged; 191 (+1 preventral) ventrals, smooth; 92 subcaudals, all divided; undivided anal scale; two postocular stripes; and a solid dark brown vertebral stripe extending from rear of nuchal collar along the entire length of body and tail. (Le et al. 2021).


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CommentSimilar species: P. nuchalis, P. carinatus, P. menglaensis 
EtymologyThe specific epithet temporalis L. refers to the high number of temporal scales in this species. 
References
  • Le DTT, Tran TG, Hoang HD, Stuart BL 2021. A new species of Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from southern Vietnam. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 439–451 - get paper here
  • Poyarkov NA, Nguyen TV, Pawangkhanant P, Yushchenko PV, Brakels P, Nguyen LH, Nguyen HN, Suwannapoom C, Orlov N, Vogel G. 2022. An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina. PeerJ 10: e12713 - get paper here
 
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