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HNNU 2022001, adult female, collected by Hui Li, Lin Zhou on
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, from Xinshao County (
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Adult female with a total length of
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), tail relatively short,
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/ ToL 0.149, body slender and cylindrical. Head distinct from neck, rostral small, triangular, only the upper tip is visible from above. Head length
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2.32. Eyes small, eye width
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. Length of the suture between the internasals (
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) subequal to the length of the suture between the prefrontals (
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). Frontal pentagonal pointed backwards, much shorter than the parietals; each parietal bordered with an elongated nuchal, with no preoculars or postoculars. Nostril in anterior portion of nasal scale, posterior margin of nostril with a distinct nostril cleft. A single loreal scale present, extending from the nasal to the eye, distinctly wider than high. Temporals 2 + 2 + 3. aTMPs elongated, upper aTMP much smaller than the lower aTMP; upper aTMP and lower aTMP in contact with eye, lower aTMP also in contact with parietal scale. Supralabials 6, 4
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5
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contact the eye, the last much elongated. A single mental scale present. Two chin shields, the anterior pair longer than the posterior pair. Infralabials 5, the first contacting each other posterior to the mental and anterior to the 1
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chin shields, 1
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3
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contact the 1
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chin shields. Dorsal scales 23-23 - 23, strongly keeled, dorsum with an inconspicuous longitudinal vertebral stripe. Ventrals (
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) entire (Table
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Main morphological characters of
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</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="FCEF63C899DC11C4577C7B61B1031CD8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">345.1</td>
<td id="14A9947319DA99D1A92A99A3EEE20BC2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">345.1</td>
<td id="32C345F787666DDEEF00D3CB398708C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">307.6</td>
<td id="B7DB089F72554EA6B83A73A938A634A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">270.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2DE3AA9F6B46F53CCBBA11079390BE7">
<td id="4CC0A3C656AB351FE7D75B4FC124EDB5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="74E61909B78C7CAB9A8F47412E4F8241" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EP4BG" xlink_title="tail length">TaL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET4BG" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="020B6162670A6A7F9E1ED21B028A0B5E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.149</td>
<td id="3340B39987CB8CB3FCE462886D88BE58" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.215</td>
<td id="039CA54B3E1F0141186B8657D02B39EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.220</td>
<td id="8A3B49EF2582F9564867760F719F3131" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.219</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6C6FAA9B1ED5A4E0917C634B5121E6F0">
<td id="9ED275DA47CEF5EDDA76BCB206591382" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ5BG" xlink_title="head length">
<emphasis id="04A7F4DD80B27A44AAFBCD42B9C520D8" bold="true">HL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="137EAE25BC2D1553161C2F1A7E3BE8CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.16</td>
<td id="BC2EC05E17365E46A9A29FC4EF42F252" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.76</td>
<td id="46791C99AEC1C0ADC684D9BAD1187057" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.86</td>
<td id="0A34113A850D0331AF8D4781A5C3690D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.65</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9BAB164B6A08FE677F1F776D97A21E75">
<td id="45B9837D3D55BEAB20BC33CB1EEA5288" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E65BG" xlink_title="head width">
<emphasis id="69AB70814875556461148BB3AD6BA948" bold="true">HW</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="4F8251BF45590FE0CDFFC6A7F3CCA9D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.95</td>
<td id="12E97F0D9D76851C3D6F1D7529A2E2A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.01</td>
<td id="8535B2E58DC343E6ACEC6658C8DD821C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.94</td>
<td id="9C4A7B37757B9C38EE3DF93884F15AF4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.26</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FBEF6F39D0A2358BAF312AEA3DE8E168">
<td id="77072A4960C55A4EF0A18193BC922E39" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV6BG" xlink_title="eye horizontal diameter">
<emphasis id="4A18AA8E3DFCC3D65CCC65BD40C450E9" bold="true">ED</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="1ECC9536C2806F3F86D02686C86E6CCF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.10</td>
<td id="26DA6D0C89B89660DB370398030C8381" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.97</td>
<td id="07196532BEF3F6E099B4834809E9C372" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.02</td>
<td id="18E6FA09D9849F6810630556C6C5D804" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.76</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21B4BF40221555B96FC5024F2BAB7D4D">
<td id="AFE86DA29F339994B58FC618B548B130" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMAAI" xlink_title="supralabials">
<emphasis id="A179B7476BAEC5F8D2553E855DC0C152" bold="true">SPL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B717EB14504F2C62685B2B98C90EF5D4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="B05CF98034FB3CA7B2920BD400D51EAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="166629689684DFF4FE2677E9A5510993" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="C13009A904D9111A9119567F23AEC781" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="078F35EC2E18612B57EBAC21EC30BFB7">
<td id="81096D5F0F47C2143A4D086DE4217192" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="18A97A5398401A493207D371ACDEE1BA" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECBAI" xlink_title="supralabials">SPL</abbrev>
- Eye
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="006D36A3157EF3198F7FDF1A8B7E45A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="B8E6D2A976FA68BE209D9EEE5C02307D">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="E91576E6D6096FFA02FBD5E31E475917">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="6A2603AAA8CA4FA510CFC33AAA41FA27" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="0470B4F30BC1E876ED6CC5E7F0875BCA">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="16AF2C55C430730FCB76097F9A36BDE4">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="0577A561A8FFAA1E1CE73D0A75B95C47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="CC9E6BD2F16B8E896A53ED6BA3895AAC">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="12B62812B3C0B6B5ABAC6C27B05D4B2F">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="344F783F53D76D0DE66F2863C0AF128F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="6EE3DCAA9B4DB1C25CCBFF39D409FBD1">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="D599D98475481DB6DA85CD061734FD30">th</superScript>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="26BD8326AEF435BD11B2A9AF4E9851C1">
<td id="0E3FB9A80BDB4CBD383AD7DFCA04A176" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJCAI" xlink_title="infralabials">
<emphasis id="C1DA5DFD14E4CD31E766DA33C33C4996" bold="true">IFL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="E6CD763A32A16965134CDE043E55399A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="522058C98F60A2A3A052269CA15E10EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="1C31689B4E96FC936AC7D44244D22EB6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 / 6</td>
<td id="0CD0A5F9431572E3C113AF2287A75D98" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="AC8FFD8872E6361BA1B356889777E420">
<td id="DA6E5C634899F46ADD382B04F1E3F3A2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="BF8F885030FC1357FCE22BE502820F95" bold="true">Chin</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="EDFCE2F46E464DDA56BC70AEFB812688" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="510AB8985ED23C90F7A7A5CE59DBA815" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="0E2D8F13924C5E1659717E3721F1C79C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="05F60F723BE91EBE2F3035A88391B360" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="40180F7D5F9158FDBE0D8BE1059E31A6">
<td id="D938F30B9E9CA04057CCC54C45A1E9AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="0EEB3B76C235010272029BE0A974D8F0" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESDAI" xlink_title="infralabials">IFL</abbrev>
- 1
<superScript id="87C8F5A842251BF81B8102379A3AF28A">st</superScript>
Chin
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="5892C5E3213D31B7053842DF7A982A73" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="389FC80C46620B18BCFADE61989921E7">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="7AD79DF64DB7D151535F1F2D5494C37D">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="02EBAFDCBA3D5378D7A53B0F0034CA27" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="8A027527D0BCACDBD7E9FCC8AFF19C50">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="BE0E538F7E51C064C59C8D510BA80B8A">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="C3E3F26A4C8716B14CEB527F7CFC2A5A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="76A95F368BFA399B9E5BA2E28E1970FC">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="41E83DC702CF74CF69B43F3C51402E1B">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="84BCE03AA3A14699E72E836FBB77849D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="0E43B63A52157035E69B880BE42E1AF8">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="AF491454939E495012929EC2B5F7545B">rd</superScript>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3CDEA420C001DA5F024598C471771373">
<td id="936F82E082727AC6002DE49E7ED5C0DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2EAI" xlink_title="loreals">
<emphasis id="FFC8BBA6488F33A2EA0ED763F12B8B79" bold="true">Loreal</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="FC38FC90CF1838EDFA7B8108348EDF10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="841EBD1C7698064A555484A5B7C901AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="315200AB1A2F9D1C803B998A0D828F50" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="6FBAF8003E0CA0A456A2F680EF569AAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A60DA6777577B1BCA5E7D6739268F76F">
<td id="8D0A4DEB0774B34AFB29D61EBAF10FA7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERFAI" xlink_title="loreal height">
<emphasis id="FED81A3C4EC68F878A49ACF939DE14A5" bold="true">LorH</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="5A5ACA0F04056D5245883C601328FD13" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="EDB4A81C07EAD30DCCF7E2A2D14AD8CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.87</td>
<td id="A8637057ED3FF6905038483906334BF4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.93</td>
<td id="8382BEB56ACFE414497F4D12AC7A49CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.73</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EB25CC411A6E94E30456662C8CAFAA9A">
<td id="8C7C89D9E15E5C6464C287C1352E27D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHGAI" xlink_title="loreal length">
<emphasis id="FAD028611884D328028FB5AEF4051FA1" bold="true">LorL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="D4E4E49373E78DBAC7E930328F7184E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.38</td>
<td id="32F3D26EE0740D9AB6D39B40CE2A4446" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.14</td>
<td id="4F735DF61794827A2DA5F147DB6381E2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.31</td>
<td id="5D338C124D6627CA58043E41F249A7B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.00</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A35360DB47873A66ACD2BBD55C823204">
<td id="1EAEC6D4AA944253DBE61EF2D2CCA620" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="C5300995EFDC9AB67BA9DB836F7E0259" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4GAI" xlink_title="loreal height">LorH</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBHAI" xlink_title="loreal length">LorL</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="9E783B612F3548E4AF5305DE4D791389" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.63</td>
<td id="0CF41AA171448210774AD1D61A9A2C52" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.76</td>
<td id="95E7EC589442C847B975F426578398A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.71</td>
<td id="092E2B9D52EF64586E7B5C9B5946F9AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.73</td>
</tr>
<tr id="081627C6C8E0EDE7AA91935091B75A4B">
<td id="1D7EA2348C6A22568A080B638D10177E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="14C545218CD925F97AB77F057EA65F80" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXHAI" xlink_title="length of the suture separating the internasals">LSBI</abbrev>
vs
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2HAI" xlink_title="length of the suture separating the prefrontals">LSBP</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="644B602AB9215140ADFF2B7D0CA18661" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="9A4C5F825E7D4B8C1D297F9A6832A5F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="FB4FF68831A02C20047789F1791B5E81" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="C5217266C2003A8538622DA3DC1C8F9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E187DD1A5283BF73CD8890C34D8497B3">
<td id="119AD80E84113B1891EAB614CC1CBF93" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERIAI" xlink_title="supraoculars">
<emphasis id="2EB4DE27EE0406A6E35EB5777B06330F" bold="true">SPO</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="0A827346E451D1FB7E9D915F268FC863" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="2F44F8E016675E453FC0C5A5E2E3AA7F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="98E83A1C0DA8FEECEBF17EBD8DE676BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="DCC272C5CB7C8540B6612D2D39BE318B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A1415DD533BB3C3CE17D042E5655693C">
<td id="E6DB0371C14C2BA8A219A41D0C287A8A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHJAI" xlink_title="length of the supraocular">
<emphasis id="25752CA698916182A01228CD6613DE8D" bold="true">SPOL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="1A2BCB4605397B5F6AB4FB1807B6066E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.49</td>
<td id="C74FFC80D581828DCC545C0BE510EE97" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.15</td>
<td id="50F55458F51B398B8BB4D912D8A8F6E4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.15</td>
<td id="1F9E3D074AFB35FD32ECCE6932762E2D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.33</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FB55C910329DC30C5F97CCC8EC1546B1">
<td id="60505E390A6D787171E17F16C81AF173" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4JAI" xlink_title="temporals">
<emphasis id="F2CC1F85B5416E61BBFE1FFAECE1B55E" bold="true">TEM</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="967354975BB1C54ED21111265EA59D86" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="DF9B0B47EB2518B80ABD06E92074C297" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="BDEC561CAB4049D2EEDC869FC1CF9F1A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="ABA5F032F783C0ADED1344E77F6D5FAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E283984A7D1A36EA2502D345CCB3DB4C">
<td id="96A577024C2D3345799CFF7D869052C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETKAI" xlink_title="the number of anterior temporals touching the eye">
<emphasis id="BAC2D9CCD86E7328F1DC4E955CFEE2BA" bold="true">aTEM-Eye</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B4ED2B9570DEA3DD2D9A5C2A22B5D8D6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="6AC248EA747D2D87879C6BD4658B8D71" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="393B2FAF1F40EBE932C447BE0D4D1F33" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="BCD991CFCF822A47E0542C6C2C55F47F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="58086F967178ED9C0C3DBE9DB00C0F03">
<td id="5002F57BB2894902AE521C694A94BCBD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJLAI" xlink_title="length of the upper anterior temporal">
<emphasis id="DB6372A376C9FC690765830D5058530B" bold="true">ATUL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B973A53620A9EB293641208F523E854D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.63</td>
<td id="66C8B05B391792B08319EBAF2BD957CD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.41</td>
<td id="91260E68540397F10376FE19400F5AFE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.71</td>
<td id="10624D481A52C8E799218D324AC481D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.46</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E9614409369924984DBE6531B7B86038">
<td id="3635D5E040740A59E2C6AB8112B626A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="5E65E8EB119894D07DF5D3A9DF46F8B2" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6LAI" xlink_title="length of the supraocular">SPOL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDMAI" xlink_title="length of the upper anterior temporal">ATUL</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="CBFC325A16291BB7BD8863A8CD5F8A89" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.91</td>
<td id="957036FDECFED288B56895114DA708A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.82</td>
<td id="9F0C086FDC114ED06AFCE737081D0EF6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
<td id="472D6A65EF47995D9EFA271969CAA863" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.91</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8AC3EFFD95268DCA65AB82C9E8AA6454">
<td id="2AB1902740A52CC1975AD466691267B3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZMAI" xlink_title="dorsal scale rows">
<emphasis id="C622FCF10911B2BF573BFC90F9412A9A" bold="true">DSR</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9EE35D97B25F7D2E8916B206743A2738" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
<td id="C827D71AAEF551CEF778596B1573F34A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
<td id="67CC728CA4792683C050619222A62618" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
<td id="4F81CA81711A707A4095FEA82106FA07" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="70943FF7FDE1AA8AB132972A0FCB8973">
<td id="CC0B075B2EC70A47803E3CC77EDD2D66" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPNAI" xlink_title="ventral scales">
<emphasis id="713F2993F1FFADD698E5B9F844D60BBC" bold="true">VEN</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="AF724C84521BF4C9C1B9C7E7791D5BBB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">173</td>
<td id="4E09BE3447F85D4EC7F7581E474C4793" colspan="1" rowspan="1">156</td>
<td id="C4176155D84E76CB31073F2D882A4FBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">156</td>
<td id="50D25656C0B9634BF774834072ABD228" colspan="1" rowspan="1">158</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4707239D3F3454E1BFA56F2DF319C89B">
<td id="22B5A84E759BCEE9B0299C630D687555" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFOAI" xlink_title="subcaudals">
<emphasis id="D7604F0A87CB60EB4B09311E20E889C2" bold="true">SC</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="40C12EE5491BE68F5554BC97EEE4A5F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45</td>
<td id="C3A5EF4C3524799F6F43BB54E88AB823" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61</td>
<td id="83DE8615A2019CA32F0F4221447BADE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61</td>
<td id="D0F4692B52AF90D48000EA3ECF3586D1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">62</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0D8F027CB43049959A675842FE18960C">
<td id="5D15C4B2D6A8DC36CB59129CA2E53177" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="8D801F33C2F329FB260A6F4AA5F12C2D" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2OAI" xlink_title="ventral scales">VEN</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6OAI" xlink_title="subcaudals">SC</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="13238AC343A4916DB2DDD3DD08FD7443" colspan="1" rowspan="1">218</td>
<td id="7E110D4A21E220DC2F56D5CC0367E54D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">217</td>
<td id="47EB9C5EB0D84E0AE8C491ADA61EBE44" colspan="1" rowspan="1">217</td>
<td id="FB6BDD905C9B7F61B0DEDB9E84764235" colspan="1" rowspan="1">220</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FC596DF810D5314DB712C031265EA48E">
<td id="83EDFE04D753BED28E2CB76ED2D9FDBD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVPAI" xlink_title="cloacal plate entire or divided">
<emphasis id="E78FD4FE6B2DDC1A2B795B4D4FAAC6C7" bold="true">CP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C20FB9A0C071ADF31F59105B68D1E234" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="9A17B342FAF18CD238B7321C5FF61976" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="AA43E7DEAF3037B0D8347D2B2716A314" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="E1178E62F284B9F4666FFB23F763818B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EFQAI" type="Coloration of the female specimen in life">
<paragraph id="75CFD42330748DA7FAC474CFEF467CA0">
<heading id="BE3689901C729BFA01DE6621D5216B9D" reason="title">Coloration of the female specimen in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EEE9C58A24175015BE29900D4F0DD89E">Scales possess a subtle iridescent quality which gives the dorsum a distinctive reflective brownish-black appearance. Dorsum dark brown and the five innermost dorsal scale rows a little darker, forming an inconspicuous longitudinal vertebral line. Chin shields are tan. On the ventral surface, an off-white shade prevails, with the edges of the ventral scales gradually transitioning from gray-white to black. Ventral side of tail brownish.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EKQAI" type="Coloration in preservative">
<paragraph id="F0D9ADE1E01BF1F71282C1A81C35201A">
<heading id="00E4640A1E2DBB726DB1F6BD9329DC37" reason="title">Coloration in preservative.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B6E92B10F6B624B35BC358ACC9D2576">
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="92B166F05AA0C13387CB4EE8A75A4ED8" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Adult female (HNNU 2022001) of Achalinus sheni. A. Dorsolateral view; B. Ventral view; C. The tail of the male and female; D. Dorsal head view; E. Ventral head view; F. Light side of head view; G. Ventral head view. Photos by Le-Qiang Zhu." figureDoi="10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e124331.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087739">3</figureCitation>
) The dorsal surface of the body uniformly brownish-black, slightly tinged with iridescence and the longitudinal vertebral line appears a little darker. Chin shields light brown. Ventrals generally pale brown, darker on both sides, free margins of ventral scales grayish-white. Ventral surface of tail light brown.
</paragraph>
<caption id="8050EC9BF0FFD4DB429A5B5F19B40483" ID-DOI="10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e124331.figure3" ID-arpha="A82CCA6F-08D9-511C-9039-94AB10F60A21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1087739" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="B4AC52D2E860EC660E8602E425B911B2">
<label id="FA3C28233AB29C8729963AD4732CDA95">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B31F53BB7FB9665565592BEDB5C34153">
Adult female (HNNU 2022001) of
<taxonomicName id="BE45EBF6702ACF2EB6E87E1ADBC72491" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="86CF4844293315E9B4C359DDA9E2B438" italics="true">Achalinus sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="EB2729DDAE68FC3E75D426013902B70A" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Dorsolateral view;
<emphasis id="19ABF59FB7DCE50860618ADC969D6ECD" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Ventral view;
<emphasis id="7DD2177104EBBB35140424AA425DDE94" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
The tail of the male and female;
<emphasis id="FBDFB161D7653CCDA93552EF49DF9A09" bold="true">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal head view;
<emphasis id="69978BF641C8BD0BABE48EDFDBC4E372" bold="true">E.</emphasis>
Ventral head view;
<emphasis id="51F49B6D7AF0490B3C7DD8534FEDF237" bold="true">F.</emphasis>
Light side of head view;
<emphasis id="62541DE663BD821BB5CD98C4B2DD1481" bold="true">G.</emphasis>
Ventral head view. Photos by Le-Qiang Zhu.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1RAI" type="Extended diagnosis">
<paragraph id="0F2B38E7C1C3A4A7B64DBF1833A49464">
<heading id="BE082D574A603FB5D4A3D7F14AEF1338" reason="title">Extended diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D212503C24F17960C8B7EC63698EBF7">
Upon examining the additional adult males of
<taxonomicName id="A8B57ABC3A972FE73EF80CDEDB60671D" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="D86D62DECEE3FA653B19A981FAE1F3F5" italics="true">Achalinus sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Xinshao County, it was observed that they possessed fewer ventral scales compared to specimens from the
<typeStatus id="3BA1FD75B253A4F7E06D8DB4E6B7C5B7">type</typeStatus>
locality. However, the number of subcaudal scales remained approximately the same for individuals from both locations. Upon inspection of adult female
<taxonomicName id="148E6CDDE80FF5D618843AD053767236" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="87A12E40C5461216B06E0AB530ACD611" italics="true">A. sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected in Xinshao County, it was noted that it exhibited an extremely short tail and consequently fewer subcaudals and more ventral compared to adult male individuals.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EWSAI" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="085653751AD7AC248850006EB697FF7F">
<heading id="D44DC35A94207384B9BDFF511369A5A5" reason="title">Comparison.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5E6F89BC32A3AB9921AD4CB9C2414A6">
Compared to male individuals of
<taxonomicName id="1102FA9D6598517FBB8DE8B4AA6F6F00" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="4456E492EBFC986A89A666D139CE18A3" italics="true">A. sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="75B531E74229095E4F1A60B2CC0ED4DE" authorityName="Wang, Li &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="701591A9F5DCF5BC37A706C158AF0770" italics="true">A. yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, female individuals of both species exhibit similar differences in the number of ventral scales and subcaudals. Compared to males, both female
<taxonomicName id="2764ECA1D6ED9AC4B287A3CEB600EBD4" authorityName="Wang, Li &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="10FFA66C07E205595010C8A8878E13E4" italics="true">A. yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and female
<taxonomicName id="CE4F54E84F8DBBE6F9F7E4132D241EAE" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="4EAC523651B1CDE42F2BAAC680A754EA" italics="true">A. sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have fewer sublabial scales, which is consistent with the common characteristics of this genus. However, the number of sublabial scales of
<taxonomicName id="D80D6F27B95650D59B9DE9BDCD67073A" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="3DAC0FF16C94DD7E47C3B9A2D4E1A4EA" italics="true">A. sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is even less than that of female
<taxonomicName id="25944565F541E83FCDB8ADB7D4EF37B2" authorityName="Wang, Li &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="BB6222EC5BDBEC0D9445E24EBAA59D41" italics="true">A. yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Table
<tableCitation id="B4E1A3B581F1A758C4496A2A4D5698AF" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4 Comparing the differences between Achalinus sheni and Achalinus yunkaiensis in different regions from a taxonomical perspective." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/D2A0653E2ADEDCD7C13C205604BBA794" tableUuid="D2A0653E2ADEDCD7C13C205604BBA794">4</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="D2A0653E2ADEDCD7C13C205604BBA794" ID-Table-UUID="D2A0653E2ADEDCD7C13C205604BBA794" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/D2A0653E2ADEDCD7C13C205604BBA794" startId="T4">
<paragraph id="0A832C5BB5A5375B4D013C30BCD1F923">
<label id="43F54D4A57FACE3785067D46DD2D179D">Table 4</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="824EBC134DB35A8E0923A508144C30B5">
Comparing the differences between
<taxonomicName id="8F1A01911C6C969FDB622BD5B75F2DCA" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">
<emphasis id="D0529543D2BE88A9B6BC23D438DB25FD" italics="true">Achalinus sheni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C3E5AA105BF516AE1F7A082C81F36AE5" authorityName="Wang, Li &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="2CB29C14CE37591E7E65F0B50EF5251D" italics="true">Achalinus yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in different regions from a taxonomical perspective.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="FC010164AFE888836C53EFDAC508F64E">
<table id="TID0EUPCI" rules="all">
<tbody id="15F93BC97C9832AC991C287EE6F3CBD5">
<tr id="42EBBD119C57669CA327595E4B2DF263">
<th id="CD4A54B0C8EB4B232223C8EAE346F9CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Species</th>
<emphasis id="EF380F25AFCC59B4FCA858F6851E1DAB" italics="true">
<th id="196399D456A137851EFCC981412CFDB3" colspan="3" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="E5AA174F7596568F63CACB7F523EE4C5" authorityName="Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang" authorityYear="2023" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sheni">Achalinus sheni</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="5A26ED4E4E2F3F4777C3DD78FF97299B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F6F95CFAE11F766B232091050C414901" authorityName="Wang, Li &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2019" class="Squamata" family="Xenodermidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">Achalinus yunkaiensis</taxonomicName>
</th>
</emphasis>
</tr>
<tr id="4ADB1388AC744FDF7F919D2FE35E839B">
<th id="1BDB594E92364B9C9D4F97DACBEB09D3" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="3187BE589A97C090D1FA54B8E3138692" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Lianyuan City &amp; Nanyue District</th>
<th id="AD9CA79816168A292E352BA0352AE6FA" colspan="2" rowspan="1">Xinshao County</th>
<th id="EDEBC988F2D517683AC34BDDDFC39112" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="F5D9A003B38C2C384D97B0E60D6827ED" italics="true">Guangdong</emphasis>
</th>
</tr>
<emphasis id="5A161888976BF898BC4F7A8B094AA7C7" bold="true">
<tr id="3617B1A3CE3A3A88E0E080B01700A7BD">
<td id="E4CBCC477989FA28400E094EFE1789F3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="95F6604CA8CCED84A525282DCFE2E945" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Males (n = 5)</td>
<td id="3D5F2B68BF56E425EB5579AF2EF5988B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Males (n = 3)</td>
<td id="42053F827AC5CBCE96230894BDA3F260" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="96F8C9B28E0D765D36EB7B6C28C84EFD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Female</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BB603CC4BBCC152C7B5179CBC783DD7C">
<td id="24B0FFF166D46CAD3658A5F26CB37C3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBZAI" xlink_title="snout-vent length">SVL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="30375A87CFD63EED304B9306FED50F85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">121.8292.2</td>
<td id="77495A944A8CDC70C28EB03859062D96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">211.5270.8</td>
<td id="DC43F4838CD0511A2E5262D1C4807503" colspan="1" rowspan="1">294.8</td>
<td id="6C71A2BEA2F42E1E25401C61DDED2989" colspan="1" rowspan="1">204386.3</td>
</tr>
</emphasis>
<tr id="1FAB0A5661C0B560776FD14C6A525D20">
<td id="8EBE2704E85E9121BA7648D05B712A8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXZAI" xlink_title="tail length">
<emphasis id="FD352288D73B6E771C64A1D50485D4A9" bold="true">TaL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="EF33AA19B1B3F3C28A22E8D49B830348" colspan="1" rowspan="1">27.2 80.3</td>
<td id="16D9FF704CAA02265B7A89757FC9A583" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59.274.3</td>
<td id="D2E8A0C1D408CD633CC9B2294EEDBAF0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">50.3</td>
<td id="9015B923831BB3F3B1E55BFEE9946BC0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5272.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3F7CB96CBAE514A31A90AE1B421C9449">
<td id="A01D3FFB902C773B226CB9D19F27E658" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN1AI" xlink_title="total length">
<emphasis id="4462A233334126DC23B1A61BC0F9E6C6" bold="true">TL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="DF9108A5BBCB00853F1400CD81009627" colspan="1" rowspan="1">149.0 371.3</td>
<td id="0CAF32F67D9DFEA1B96E3443DAA247FC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">270.7345.1</td>
<td id="22AC37BD637FEE8AC7A400C6F45F4B4C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">345.1</td>
<td id="238944133AC1BE5865F09F4468D112A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">256448.1</td>
</tr>
<emphasis id="4439B45F04EB524D3257BD60DCE355D6" bold="true">
<tr id="060BAA658CAC7FC2E3D805C69D4093C6">
<td id="A60A174C3560FE66DE927FDBEEED4949" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ED2AI" xlink_title="tail length">TaL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EH2AI" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="6C724535FC8702812BF839985BC444D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.183 ~ 0.224</td>
<td id="DC8F060D0588A5A1ACE9BA201B0FF5C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.2150.220</td>
<td id="CF6851850C89AE5EB1770B63B76EB3C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.149</td>
<td id="A17DAE011BB1BF7D788583A83B91991B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.1560.204</td>
</tr>
<tr id="99FBF51060EFE7F5BD821AF0AAF06C39">
<td id="1F3C420F21BB27924FECAB480A93C9C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ3AI" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="7943685C15C51E2D1F828C85886D62F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.07 10.95</td>
<td id="22139D2D2E02BAA1BA2110DF8DE1DC21" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.658.76</td>
<td id="77D7862ADFFCB290C612F04E53B367EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.16</td>
<td id="18AF37B7A24E2604A96120ED155126B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
</emphasis>
<tr id="BF701974F20E770F9799C5CDE3CD5B18">
<td id="70A42F892763FEF35511A921AC05621A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E63AI" xlink_title="head width">
<emphasis id="7AC6545356C361CBBC493C9FFA672E5E" bold="true">HW</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B2D4613296E41D9ED0E24AE87EF439BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.967.25</td>
<td id="68DF1B8E082772C4467AE36A7E05FFF7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.264.01</td>
<td id="A284A6BFF8CD503D5BF4FCA105866DFF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.95</td>
<td id="CB0F91E09E976AB94B6264EDD2630131" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr id="31998AEC816B4C9785A7F67ACE62B52D">
<td id="C53155A2597C267F0334524E6F7D5207" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV4AI" xlink_title="eye horizontal diameter">
<emphasis id="52043688C96269B292D73EC6F245B588" bold="true">ED</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="DF60475F560690BF635870E811C9D1FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.091.11</td>
<td id="DCEF60E1389101359BBF81BCD196E410" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.761.02</td>
<td id="928949BD070D863EDF69EACF22D3C037" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.10</td>
<td id="45C90C4500B8DFEA56C52BDDDF98F50C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
</tr>
<tr id="74AD36D10CA7A62DF1E13A55E6E34616">
<td id="5B5EEE4A86C9253A7FE5E09CCA90A949" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EL5AI" xlink_title="supralabials">
<emphasis id="8A66D04A0224D2CF3B32EF5A3E499520" bold="true">SPL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C4A6B30B9A05FDC8EBC0F62ECF642571" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="8717AEFF25BACF58D4EB8582BA90BF60" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="26C43BAA692345AE3835D7B7B9C5DA85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td id="C35F1A831D51821E434676309EDA9EE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B2E7C0FD11943DAB2D34D2C5CC31E975">
<td id="11AD6A57AAEDAE77D25F30DD068CB52E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="D3419A5FE9C57313088B743834EF6C4E" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB6AI" xlink_title="supralabials">SPL</abbrev>
- Eye
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="C394447EA92AD6695A949238D815F2B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="E100A7A5B4F66BDDAD24C4807689672B">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="586223AF3FF3153ABE9FAE053B6CA4AE">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="BECA3EEA137DD3018A486C154B11B41F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="8464972871FA872866335E0778B35D74">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="DB7A2561BF0D7C559DB46E35A7C806CF">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="14FF56FB2605EDD9AA19039D66936A6B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="4E5D4F276343E11EFB082E76764ADF05">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="9FB486372EED2CD2020FF20901EAAD0E">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="148E03767E23E0C52CC508B8D939AC8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
4
<superScript id="0B95E89CD6B2C18B499457AC8BD31191">th</superScript>
5
<superScript id="4D6E28EC04E17B7FCF6F592875F107B0">th</superScript>
</td>
</tr>
<emphasis id="0E009CA437EB25C840BFB9BBF6700862" bold="true">
<tr id="8CCD50151531AA19E1D391FDC2A54FAA">
<td id="3EB8F75485B8D683A66708EFFD0FCE0F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIABI" xlink_title="infralabials">IFL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="EDB69BCEC8C9067D6CD270D20CA04567" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 (rarely 6)</td>
<td id="4695B0A7F39A8C95C2B2C6E21037BDA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 (rarely 6)</td>
<td id="A4FC9A4F75B95981CC5C11BED0A3F0C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td id="4794A5794A11FB754E55B5FC7BF20F18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DB9DF03787184BF0E8A2D7693935323A">
<td id="0CDD6EE93A6CF1D43C24CA219FFE93BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Chin</td>
<td id="F26F99D70CB67AE07854E39E18165DDF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="07ADB157B12BDB968C27AA371FF15E52" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="36FB367E91652D81D9FE3346DBC3C0EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="453B851071F443EFD9A8E799B9DEF389" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
</emphasis>
<tr id="CCD81745E69D539ADB1B471D3D3F4DD3">
<td id="B589FE256477561C67F4F2886E7EC0BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="F6125594C0064FCCB46A3115F711CBA3" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4BBI" xlink_title="infralabials">IFL</abbrev>
- 1
<superScript id="D8F399E51B4537A830B2A02C575C43CB">st</superScript>
Chin
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="AE7EEA0466A4F63E377589B713BB0B03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="79368546A9E030F63E7C5B4B9416256B">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="B9C6097E29E1B2D28BFCF9BE227BD00A">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="7A9A7D35733FD721C71C7A18CE82A48C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="7B77B0864C971C9ACFA2BFF1A07EF11D">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="A0DB2CD56CEB0B12BBA146B7DA8D95CD">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="8CCF285574A3E82A512DF4369575CC4F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="8BD14E82DDD32A36F57E700D9B1F979A">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="A281CC55ACB375C96BB22051651D3BEA">rd</superScript>
</td>
<td id="6EAD1358BE9D459AF6D5AA044CD74DA7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="4B93EE3189360EF06EE26B63231253A4">st</superScript>
3
<superScript id="459EC39FD981DC42B6E005D26F7B0DB0">rd</superScript>
/ 4
<superScript id="D4B2261BE8CC9DD4D459EA3FA73CA6EE">th</superScript>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2516EE5EAA7A853977FB00051D57411E">
<td id="B277EBCAF2EBAE4A13691F044E3261C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIDBI" xlink_title="loreals">
<emphasis id="DA9D6061A582DE127C048ECC83F571FF" bold="true">Loreal</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="F099DDFB62EC2DDFB6E8FAAE97A36573" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="ED70CB2D07375263A4C328406412B2E0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="58A7429D47B779D24BFBB5756DDCD46D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="1B6401E211D2781736FFDC388D3144D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="37F8BB7C839BA48FC7ACDC2BF3BCAED2">
<td id="951768549E5ABCA91E063184F1406A83" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5DBI" xlink_title="loreal height">
<emphasis id="DCA429683BFAECBB2D3B79BE349F6655" bold="true">LorH</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="1B6CE1949170A72270D17B98830AFB23" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.690.93</td>
<td id="F8DA380D89966C43C50A3E010DB4DE6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.730.93</td>
<td id="2CE40F2EBAF30A79AF9B4A884E995C8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.88</td>
<td id="4114175C5699A933EBA87DBF49929B49" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.741.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1DE1EB013AB690785FD3474AA4B6DD28">
<td id="C0FC0DB6C405A4319D32231DE5B77FB7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUEBI" xlink_title="loreal length">
<emphasis id="BC3160D3BB360441E019F27E77D5CE4D" bold="true">LorL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="ED47FDE0FE00F929931302805DBFDF01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.29 1.71</td>
<td id="0E8A639184E9632FEFE78DCBEA0576C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.001.31</td>
<td id="BD6C45B08C783C0328B7EDAD1443B425" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.38</td>
<td id="82FA52B3973C8CC58CF19941F5B281A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.512.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4CDBC6D4EC161F79841975C7AEE22D37">
<td id="17E9F61BD348A2C9A79414E79D36B90A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="D50D4926CC1F088EC68BFB358F03F201" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKFBI" xlink_title="loreal height">LorH</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOFBI" xlink_title="loreal length">LorL</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="9EC8EBE7D8A2E714FE2BB49856A8BD8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.530.57</td>
<td id="CCB44E018332BD7A3325F06820E321B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.710.76</td>
<td id="D675BE491E7ACA62FCFA8E0BDE26153E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.63</td>
<td id="566FB3BDB684DC40E44E5A8CB8E374B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.490.55</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D7E42F7B89441D10CBCF70BFD2400EFF">
<td id="2ADFC553EC5518A155C1D701FF98E385" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="9EA438CD1167257E0F95282C86F9CFDE" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEGBI" xlink_title="length of the suture separating the internasals">LSBI</abbrev>
vs
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIGBI" xlink_title="length of the suture separating the prefrontals">LSBP</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="50F6878F462489DCA172C1734C245D8A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="59D7F0E9E3DF7A197F8FEA84D868D88C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="F8B25967AA6029BBE0180CD6E22BF897" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
<td id="B522414E2A413E262278E142198357C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">= 1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B24A9BB3E88DF086A28A83A3752518E7">
<td id="FE1F1A65753A45C51FC01CC349B7B47B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5GBI" xlink_title="supraoculars">
<emphasis id="2ACDAF5EA543239777FFB395EAF760C9" bold="true">SPO</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="24B7C4AF9C2112C3CE9D7256F5C28162" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="73E22B575E0F78ED762F7142B4C6F62B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="9A3673E3C5E44B342B94D93F4A383B2F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="B867EBC5C07C9983C46BDE35DE9B6390" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1D43EF643D3BB06E01D19B3C5F2246AC">
<td id="5BFE86D58EA066C68A736DAB4EA1FA50" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUHBI" xlink_title="length of the supraocular">
<emphasis id="0C2D78A6A74A47FB48DBDB24C90FA9FF" bold="true">SPOL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="445CD8ED193AA26B085EECD8ECF1C1B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.211.59</td>
<td id="8219CAFC975CBFC9AE142F7188EA27E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.151.33</td>
<td id="A41416E3FE93A243226CAA8F04BF8CC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.49</td>
<td id="4C77B1385A9F87DEC0FBAB43DE24991D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.261.60</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E41D4DB33246CC8327307B28BFBDE64C">
<td id="81BF10CA48C3BEFE66F3B52BCBA623E0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKIBI" xlink_title="temporals">
<emphasis id="2958CB8D8992334EB5072A896643BEAE" bold="true">TEM</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="DF9CF694B51CF0FACE1589B5D184FE7C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="E458B8370E2E881602E1E7E61F7D0E7E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="6DB04373FE71C513CE0457BF4551E9D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3</td>
<td id="12F5A18222336704077731B8CB5A0C32" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2 + 2 + 3 / 4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5B849B8DB1FB57970EF2B8CAD5737292">
<td id="E6A3DAA7F21257084BA60D82CBED227B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAJBI" xlink_title="the number of anterior temporals touching the eye">
<emphasis id="5F5D1E0DC7D147044D8E6315518171FA" bold="true">aTEM-Eye</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="C4B7D3AA063D2380592FE0C65F9E6323" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="98580B2052582B37E6DBB364AE23D529" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="93B362DC6C92B170738271F6589458CF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="63D9FAC3EE7CF21A70F2D44B5A862065" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="388DF6730389663AA5F19E1C24C0BA24">
<td id="0D09AF24AED737D2A52F5BF78F857619" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWJBI" xlink_title="length of the upper anterior temporal">
<emphasis id="6E3A30F8F597112B0B6F24D066E00817" bold="true">ATUL</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="93ED74A2D5200271C151142E68E2A079" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.201.48</td>
<td id="F74E272C94A1EB57EEA97ED5495DDD01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.411.71</td>
<td id="6C193455856984AD3AB852AD12F91199" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.63</td>
<td id="EC9B607290850A57C8055F1E1963E4C3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.932.90</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D70D9E0A2D1BB5905C97E12C7E82E30E">
<td id="97CBEB87C1DF6C506012157B2B190C80" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="A671E537C3D02C567B2DE0268577F7AA" bold="true">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMKBI" xlink_title="length of the supraocular">SPOL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQKBI" xlink_title="length of the upper anterior temporal">ATUL</abbrev>
</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="41DC692663094AA61D9AA843FB50A8EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.991.16</td>
<td id="EC5D44474C1E1BA3696BF628A14468DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.670.91</td>
<td id="6667D8CDF630C7FAEA6AB3F3C530F361" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.91</td>
<td id="EFDAC94131E4917CC62DE844663FFC43" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.550.65</td>
</tr>
<tr id="54373880A0911F6CBF8DD3ACB2BB9B7D">
<td id="875C18EEDA20B13DEB5CB40E5DADE09A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGLBI" xlink_title="dorsal scale rows">
<emphasis id="FA9F13AF5F68C9C737FFC5766E1B97AF" bold="true">DSR</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="63C971FEF0C28F1B8CFAC3A2F1BC6A3A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23 - 23 - 23</td>
<td id="2DBA7F0302F86EB60597E023DFE50727" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
<td id="B89641B3DA1CD5FC2C5E223F684FCED2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
<td id="E1EE5D1632543529B6E35748281C4DCA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23-23 - 23</td>
</tr>
<emphasis id="08181DBD774A34EDDD912116A27E6727" bold="true">
<tr id="030B64FA5DA70F6431BAF9558D2B6A61">
<td id="D9E9F7B6717C300C764BFF6AA2822696" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3LBI" xlink_title="ventral scales">VEN</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9102DB3A82611444FFA0C65A16954D4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">161 170</td>
<td id="C5A5BF6ED3746ABC0A630F2F213F1F64" colspan="1" rowspan="1">156158</td>
<td id="7C4F6118E05A45DEC58DAC5A4A2B9231" colspan="1" rowspan="1">173</td>
<td id="8803C12C6B25C77375204BD9E9087AD2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">144156</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D152C8BDD210AD098D86C1F1499AC953">
<td id="3195463B2420B21BBC3E13490999ACF0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5MBI" xlink_title="subcaudals">SC</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="F67EDE393F2A7FF75AA7A52BAC79E36A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">55 61</td>
<td id="94E831F14492F63CB3F14BC2D889DA10" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6162</td>
<td id="2E186BF7B1C5D04FEDDD5D829797B028" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45</td>
<td id="9940093C6A438AEE36120627E9BAC1ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5155</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6D17A40BC25D23B79D8CB8CD314F5850">
<td id="F278B6FA87A8D83485A3C851E6B4D18E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAOBI" xlink_title="ventral scales">VEN</abbrev>
+
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEOBI" xlink_title="subcaudals">SC</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="F7CDB0EDE3548F32968756CC01B04A73" colspan="1" rowspan="1">220 225</td>
<td id="722B8A7E0A6981DE0152384A5EEB89F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">217220</td>
<td id="670C35911CDB1E2EF265C69B86CA26B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">218</td>
<td id="512F05156EEE01819C4FC370699D2C1D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">195205</td>
</tr>
</emphasis>
<tr id="C20EF2CE9232DB1F9B092DB775519B03">
<td id="8224265FA4E3CFA5E1C9805AB95179A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1OBI" xlink_title="cloacal plate entire or divided">
<emphasis id="B9AEB3135DFF789364425CF876390D81" bold="true">CP</emphasis>
</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="19051A261147AA5D5127527BA4D2290D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="67BE5819FE991B82355CA3E7950195D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="932D704641E372E9F67F68916BD9C781" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
<td id="455BC6D43D5C99A67D3BB82447DD3649" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Entire</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>