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Pareas vindumi VOGEL, 2015

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Higher TaxaPareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Vindum’s Slug Eater
G: Vindums Schneckenfresser 
SynonymPareas vindumi VOGEL 2015
Pareas vindumi — YANG et al. 2021
Pareas (Eberhardtia) vindumi — POYARKOV et al. 2022 
DistributionN Myanmar (Kachin), China (Yunnan)

Type locality: Chipwi Township, Lukpwi village (25°42'41.7996"N, 98°19' 22.7994"E, 1890 m elevation), Kachin State, Myanmar.  
Reproductionoviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: CAS 248147 (field number CAS-MHS-28983); adult female (527 mm SVL), coll. M. Hlaing, S. L. Oo, Z. H. Aung, K. S. Lwin, and Y. M. Win, 28 July 2009. Additional specimen: KFBG 14360 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of the genus Pareas characterized by a large size (in the single known specimen 657 mm); loreal widely touching orbit; vertebral scales smooth and not enlarged; dorsal scales smooth; 178 ventrals in the single known female, males unknown; 61 subcaudals in the single known female; relative TL 0.198 in the single known female; 6 supralabials with SL 3–4 touching the subocular; 6 infralabials, first ones touching behind the mental shield; no pre- xxx or postocular, one presubocular; 2 anterior temporals; body pattern uniform and no markings on the head, no collar. The new species can be diagnosed by its large size, low number of supralabials and infralabials, and unusual uniform pattern for this genus.


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CommentAbundance: known only from the holotype and a second specimen from Yunnan.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyThis species is named in honour of Jens Vindum (CAS, San Francisco, USA), for his enormous contributions to the CAS expeditions to Myanmar 
References
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - 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
  • Vogel, G. 2015. A New Montane Species of the Genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Pareatidae) from Northern Myanmar. Taprobanica 7 (1): 1-7 - get paper here
  • Wang K, Lyu ZT, Wang J, Qi S, Che J 2022. Updated Checklist and Zoogeographic Division of the Reptilian Fauna of Yunnan Province, China. Biodiversity Science 30 (4): 21326, 1–31 - get paper here
  • YANG, JIAN-HUAN; HO YUEN YEUNG, XIANG-YUAN HUANG & SHEN-PIN YANG. 2021. First record of Pareas vindumi Vogel, 2015 (Reptilia: Pareidae) from China with a revision to morphology. Taprobanica 10(1): 39–46. - get paper here
  • YANG, JIAN-HUAN; HO YUEN YEUNG, XIANG-YUAN HUANG & SHEN-PIN YANG. 2021. First record of Pareas vindumi Vogel, 2015 (Reptilia: Pareidae) from China with a revision to morphology. Taprobanica 10(1): 39–46. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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