Trimerodytes yapingi (GUO, ZHU & LIU, 2019)
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Trimerodytes yapingi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 景东华游蛇 E: Jingdong Water Snake |
| Synonym | Sinonatrix yapingi GUO, ZHU & LIU 2019 Trimerodytes yapingi — REN et al. 2019 (by implication) Trimerodytes yapingi — DINH et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan), Laos Type locality: Jingdong (24.53°N, 100.94°E), Yunnan Province, China, at an elevation of 1500 m a.s.l. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: YBU 15296, adult female, collected by F. Zhu and Z.Q. Zhang in August 2015. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 1) Large body size (maximum total length more than 795 mm); 2) dorsal scales in 19-19-17 rows, moderately keeled except outer four; 3) prefrontal single; 4) ventral scales 149, subcaudals 55, paired; 5) cloaca divided; 6) body bands 30; 7) belly milk-white, without speckles or bands; 8) reduction of dorsal scale rows from 19 to 17 anterior to 90th ventral scale; 9) reduction of caudodorsal scales rows from 8 to 6 anterior to 12th subcaudal and from 6 to 4 anterior to 38th subcaudal; 10) postorbital bones not in contact with frontals, with weak parietal ridge; end of supratemporal bones extending beyond braincase; maxillary teeth 25, last two not enlarged; dentary teeth 26. In addition, the genetic distances between the new species and each Sinonatrix representative range from 14.6% to 15.0%. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The species is named after Dr. Yaping Zhang, a Chinese academician, in recognition of his great contribution to Chinese herpetological research. |
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