Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis LIU, LYU, XIE, ZENG & GUO, 2023
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Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kaiyuan Keelback Chinese: 开远颈槽蛇 (Kaiyuan Jingcao She) |
| Synonym | Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis LIU, LYU, XIE, ZENG & GUO 2023 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Yangjie Town, Kaiyuan City, Yunnan Province, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: YBU 14271, Adult female, collected in July 2014 by Guanghui Zhong at an elevation of 1, 600 m (Fig. 1). Paratypes: YBU series 14062, 14270, 14273, adult females; YBU 14272, adult male. Same locality and date as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Rhabdophis kaiyuanensis sp. nov. can be morphologically diagnosed from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: 1) body large, up to 758 mm; 2) supralabials 6, 3rd and 4th touching eye, 5th largest; 3) infralabials 8, first four in contact with anterior chin-shields; 4) dorsal scales in 17-15(17)-15 rows, feebly keeled, or outer one or two rows smooth; 5) ventrals 147-153; 6) subcaudals 44-58, paired; 7) black oblique bands in supralabials absent. (Qin et al. 2023) 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 3656 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | The first two published pdf versions of the Qin et al. paper did not have a Zoobank registration (at least not at the time this database release was finalized, Aug 31, 2023), hence, technically, the species name has not been validly published. |
| Etymology | The name “kaiyuan” is in reference to the type locality of the new species. |
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