Rhabdophis adleri ZHAO, 1997

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Chinese: 海南颈槽蛇
Synonym	Rhabdophis adleri ZHAO 1997: 168 Rhabdophis adleri — GUO et al. 1999 Rhabdophis adleri — LIVIGNI 2013: 261 Rhabdophis adleri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 633
Distribution	China (Hainan; Lingshui, Mount Diaoluo, Dali Village) Type locality: Dali Village in Mt. Diaoluo. Lingshui Co., Hainan Prov.; 225 m elevation
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CIB 64III5917, Male: 6. 10. 1964.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n=20): A Rhabdophis with a nuchal groove and the last two maxillary teeth abruptly enlarged, but without a nuchal gland. Upper labials 8, the third to fifth (rarely fourth and fifth) touching the eye; 19 dorsal scale rows at midbody, all strongly keeled; olive green above with short dorso-lateral, yellowish transverse bars 39-69 +3-32 pairs. (Zhao 1997) 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 4259 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Some species of this genus are venomous although we do not have information about this particular species.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Kraig Kerr Adler (b. 1940) former Professor of Biology at Cornell University. He was co-founder and Chairman of the Ohio Herpetological Society (later the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles).
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Guo, P., F. J. Zhang, and Y. Y. Chen. 1999. Catalogue of type specimens of reptiles in the Herpetological Collections of Chengdu Institute of Biology,the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 43~47 - get paper here LiVigni, F. (ed.) 2013. A Life for Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 495 pp. - get paper here Mori, Akira; Teppei Jono, Li Ding, Guang-Xiang Zhu, Jichao Wang, Hai-Tao Shi, and Yezhong Tang 2016. Discovery of Nucho-Dorsal Glands in Rhabdophis adleri. Current Herpetology 35 (1): 53-58. - 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, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Zhao, E. M. 1997. A new species of Rhabdophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 166-169 - get paper here Zhao, E.M. 2006. The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 pp., Vol. II (color plates), 280 pp. ZHU, GUANG-XIANG; YING-YONG WANG,HIROHIKO TAKEUCHI & ER-MI ZHAO 2014. A new species of the genus Rhabdophis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guangdong Province, southern China. Zootaxa 3765 (5): 469–480 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/275535748004364/ Google images

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