Sinomicrurus swinhoei (VAN DENBURGH, 1912)
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Sinomicrurus swinhoei
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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); 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). |
| Comment | Synonymy: for a more extensive synonymy see Smart et al. 2021: 2251. |
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