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Pareas orientalis ZHANG, PAN & ZHANG, 2025

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Higher TaxaPareidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPareas orientalis ZHANG, PAN & ZHANG in ZHANG et al. 2025: 1632
Pareas boulengeri — CHEN 1991
Pareas boulengeri — ZHAO et al. 1998 
DistributionChina (Anhui)

Type locality: Fengteng Village (29.5992°N, 117.9743°E; elevation 249 m a.s.l.), Xiuning County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, China.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: AHU2024051501, adult male, collected by Lei Yu and Muyao Zhang on 15 May 2024.
Paratypes: Eight specimens (3 females and 5 males) were collected from Huangshan City and its surrounding areas. • One adult male specimen (AHU2024051502) was collected on the same day and at the same location as the holotype. Additionally, • two females (AHU2015062201, AHU2015082001) and three males (AHU2020061201, AHU2024072201, AHU2024072202) were collected in Huangshan City. Furthermore, one adult female specimen (AHU2019071201) was obtained from Jing County, Huangshan City, • one adult male (AHU2021101501) was collected from Chunan County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin orientalis (eastern), in reference to the distribution. 
References
  • Zhang C-wen, Xu S-hang, Luo T, Liu C, Yu L, Zhou J, Pan T, Zhang B-wei 2025. Taxonomic and distributional revision of Pareas boulengeri (Reptilia, Squamata, Pareidae), including two new species from eastern and central China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1621-1638 - get paper here
 
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