Sinomicrurus swinhoei (VAN DENBURGH, 1912)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Swinhoe's temperate Asian coralsnake
Synonym	Calliophis swinhoei VAN DENBURGH 1912: 255 Micrurus macclellandi swinhoei — WELCH 1994: 87 Sinomicrurus macclellandi swinhoei — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Sinomicrurus swinhoei — SMART et al. 2021: 2251
Distribution	Taiwan
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: CAS 14978
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Based on 40 individuals (25 males, 15 females); relatively small compared to congeners (1) SVL in males 192–476 mm (mean 368.6 mm), females 191–511 mm (mean 381.7 mm). (2) temporals 1+1; (3) zero teeth behind fang, palatine teeth 7, pterygoid teeth 0–4, and dentary teeth 8–10; (4) supralabials 7/7; (5) infralabials 6/6; (6) postoculars 2; (7) nuchal-band width 2–3.5 scales in males, 2.5–5 scales in females; (8) black body bands 27–37 in males, 26–38 in females; (9) two small contralateral black spots present in many, occupying less than one full scale and in-between dorsal black bands; (10) ventrals 207–221 in males, 223–239 in females; (11) anal divided; (12) paired subcaudals 36–41 in males, 32–36 in females; (13) tail bands 4–7 in males, 4–6 in females; (14) relative tail length (TL/SVL) 0.12–0.16 (mean 0.14) in males, 0.10–0.12 (mean 0.11) in females (Smart et al. 2021). 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 7426 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: for a more extensive synonymy see Smart et al. 2021: 2251.
Etymology	Named after Robert Swinhoe FRS (1836 – 1877), English diplomat and naturalist.
References	Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Smart, U., Ingrasci, M. J., Sarker, G. C., Lalremsanga, H., Murphy, R. W., Ota, H., Tu, M. C., Shouche, Y., Orlov, N. L., & Smith, E. N. 2021. A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learning. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59, 2212–2277 - get paper here Van Denburgh, J. 1912. Advance diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa. Privately published by author, San Francisco. 8 pages. Van Denburgh, J., 1912. Concerning certain species of reptiles and amphibians from China, Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, and Formosa. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. (Series 4) 3 (10): 187-258. - get paper here
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