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Plagiopholis styani (BOULENGER, 1899)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Pseudoxenodontinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Chinese Mountain Snake
Chinese: 福建颈斑蛇 
SynonymTrirhinopholis styani BOULENGER 1899: 159
Trirhinopholis styani — STEJNEGER 1926: 77
Trirhinopholis styani — POPE 1934
Trirhinopholis styani — BOURRET 1934: 132
Trirhinopholis styani — BOURRET 1937: 72
Plagiopholis styani — DING & ZHENG 1974
Plagiopholis styani — INGER et al. 1990: 20
Plagiopholis styani — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Plagiopholis styani — WALLACH et al. 2014: 562
Plagiopholis styani — WANG et al. 2022 
DistributionVietnam, S China (Fujian, Chekiang, Anhwei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, northward to SE Gansu), Taiwan (iNaturalist), elevation 1200-1230 m.

Type locality: Kuatun, Fukien (= Fujian).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.1.14.11-12 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1755 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
References
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  • Boulenger, GEORGE A. 1899. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N.W. Fokien, China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 159-172 - get paper here
  • Bourret, R. 1934. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française I. Ophidiens de Chapa. Bull. Gen. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 7 (March 1934): 129-138 - get paper here
  • Bourret,R. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l’indochine française. XV. Lézards et serpents reçu au laboratoire des Sciences Naturelles de l’Université au cours de l’année 1937. Descriptions de deux espèces et de deux variétés nouvelles. Bulletin Générale de l’Instruction Publique 5. Gouvernement Généneral de l’Indochine, pp. 57-82
  • Ding, HAN BO, and JI ZHENG. 1974. Snakes of Fujian Province (in Chinese). Publ. Dept. Biol. Fujian Nor-mal Univ., Fuzhou. (6), 93, (1) pages
  • Fu, C., Fan, H., Zhao, T., & Zong, H. 2021. The complete mitochondrial genome of Plagiopholis styani (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(10), 3044-3045 - get paper here
  • Inger R F; Zhao E; Bradley Shaffer H; Guanfu Wu 1990. Report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from Sichuan, China. Fieldiana: Zoology (No. 58) : i-iii, 1-24 - get paper here
  • Mell,R. 1931. List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Sci. Jour., Canton, 8 [1929]: 199-219.
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  • Pope, Clifford H. 1934. List of Chinese turtles, Crocodilians, and Snakes with keys. American Museum Novitates (733): 1-29 - get paper here
  • Stejneger, L. 1925. Chinese amphibians and reptiles in the United States National Museum. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 66 (2562): 1-115. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wang, C. G. M. Z. X., Jia, S. Y. K. T. L., & Hu, C. Z. J. 2022. An updated species checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Fujian Province, China. Biodiversity Science, 22090 - get paper here
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