Pareas temporalis LE, TRAN, HOANG & STUART, 2021
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Pareas temporalis
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Di Linh slug-eating snake |
| Synonym | Pareas temporalis LE, TRAN, HOANG & STUART 2021 Pareas (Pareas) temporalis — POYARKOV et al. 2022: 69 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (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 | |
| Types | Holotype: UNS 09992 (field number LD25711), adult female, collected by Duong T.T. Le and Thinh G. Tran, on 25 July 2020 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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). |
| Comment | Similar species: P. nuchalis, P. carinatus, P. menglaensis |
| Etymology | The specific epithet temporalis L. refers to the high number of temporal scales in this species. |
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