Sinomicrurus annularis (GÜNTHER, 1864)
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Sinomicrurus annularis
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: MacClelland’s Coral Snake G: MacClellands Korallenotter Chinese: 环纹华珊瑚蛇 |
| Synonym | Callophis [sic] annularis GÜNTHER 1864: 349 Callophis [sic] annularis — GÜNTHER 1888: 171 Callophis maclellandi — SCLATER 1891: 56 (in part) Callophis macclellandii — WALL 1903: 97 (in part) Callophis Mac Clellandi — VAILLANT 1904: 298 Callophis macclellandi macclellandi — WALL 1908b: 37 (in part) Calliophis macclellandii — STEJNEGER 1907: 391 (in part) Callophis macclellandi — WALL 1918: 628, 631 (in part) Calliophis macclellandi — MELL 1922: 7, 9, 229 Calliophis macclellandi — WALL 1925b: 244 (in part) Callophis macclellandi swinhoei — BOURRET 1934c Calliophis macclellandii macclellandii — BOURRET 1935a Hemibungarus macclellandi macclellandi — GOLAY et al., 1993: 142 (in part) Hemibungarus macclellandi — LU et al., 1999: 234 Sinomicrurus macclellandi — SLOWINSKI et al., 2001: 233 Hemibungarus macclellandii macclellandii — KABISCH 2002: 973 Sinomicrurus macclellandi macclellandi — ZHAO 2006: 299 (in part) Sinomicrurus macclellandii — SMITH et al., 2012: 54 Sinomicrurus macclellandi sensu lato — MIRZA et al., 2020: 105 Sinomicrurus annularis — SMART et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | China Type locality: restricted to Hong Kong Island by Smart et al. 2021. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1948.1.18.3, adult male [original number BMNH 61.8.12.48; |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Based on 51 individuals (35 males, 16 females) exam- ined by us and variation recorded from literature when sex was given (See Appendix 2); relatively small species of Sinomicrurus (1) SVL 199– 616 mm (mean 374.5 mm) in males, 217–560 mm (mean 384.5 mm) females; (2) temporals 1+1; (3) no maxillary teeth behind fangs, palatine teeth 4–7, pterygoid teeth 3–4, dentary teeth 6–11; (4) supralabials 7/7 (holotype 6/6), contacting eye 3–4; (5) infralabials 6/6 (4 large, equal sized chin-shields, gular 1, preventrals 3); (6) postoculars 2; (7) nuchal-band width 1–3.3 scales in males, 1.3–4 scales in females; (8) black body bands 1–39 in males, 0–35 in females; (9) small paired contralateral black spots, occupying less than one full scale, often present in-between black bands on dorsum; (10) ventrals 194–220 in males, 202–228 in females; (11) anal divided; (12) paired subcaudals 26–38 in males, 24–34 in females; (13) tail bands 0–7 in males, 0–6 in females; (14) relative tail length (TL/SVL) 0.09–0.14 (mean 0.12) in males, 0.08–0.12 (mean 0.10) in females (Smart et al. 2021: 2230). Additional details (7368 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: mostly from Smart et al. 2021 who resurrected Sinomicrurus annularis from the synonymy of Sinomicrurus macclellandi. See that paper also for references. Distribution: for a map of localities see Smart et al. 2021: 2231 (Fig. 7). |
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