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Sinomicrurus swinhoei (VAN DENBURGH, 1912)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Swinhoe's temperate Asian coralsnake 
SynonymCalliophis 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 
DistributionTaiwan  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CAS 14978 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Based on 40 individuals (25 males, 15 females); rel-
atively 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).


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CommentSynonymy: for a more extensive synonymy see Smart et al. 2021: 2251. 
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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