Pareas melanops LIU, LI, YANG & RAO, 2025
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Pareas melanops
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| Higher Taxa | Pareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Black-eyed slug-eating snake Chinese: heī yǎn dùn tóu shé |
| Synonym | Pareas melanops LIU, LI, YANG & RAO 2025 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Mangdi Village, Hepai Township, Gengma County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, China, 23°29’58”N, 99°18’45”E, 1,940 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | HOLOTYPE: KIZ 2024092, adult male, collected on 28 August 2024 by Shuo Liu. PARATYPES: KIZ 2024093 and KIZ 2024095, two adult females, collected on 29 August 2024; KIZ 2024094, adult male, collected on 28 August 2024; and KIZ 2024096, juvenile, collected on 27 August 2024, all from the same locality as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Body size moderate (SVL 352–472 mm in adults), tail moderately long (TL/SVL 0.25–0.29), prefrontal bordering orbit, preoculars 1–2, subocular single, postocular single, subocular and postocular not fused, supralabials 7–8, infralabials seven, infralabial not fused with chin-shield, anterior temporal 1–3, posterior temporals 2–3, one row of vertebral scales slightly enlarged, 1–7 rows of dorsal scales keeled at mid-body, ventral scales 172–176, subcaudals 68–77, maxillary teeth 4–5, dorsal head solid black, dark nuchal band present, two large black spots on each side of head, 62–69 vertical black bars on each side of trunk, 27–33 vertical black bars on each side of tail, iris solid black. (Liu et al. 2025) 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 6084 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Greek “melanos” for “black” and “ops” for “eye”, and is given in reference to the conspicuous uniform black iris coloration of the new species. |
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