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and
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, adult male, collected by
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on
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from
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.
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can be distinguished from recognized congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) TaL/ToL 24.6% in the single male; (2) two nasal scales in contact with each other behind the rostral; (3) internasal absent; (4) loreal rectangular; (5) supralabials 6; (6) postocular single and small; (7) temporals 2+2+3, anterior pair elongated, upper one smaller, only uppermost in contact with eye; (8) infralabials 6; (9) mental in contact with first pair of chin shields, fully separating first pair of infralabials; (10) dorsal scales 23–23–19 rows; (11) ventrals 160; (12) subcaudals 73, unpaired; (13) precloacal scale entire; (14) maxillary teeth 28; and (15) all scales iridescent with metallic luster, brown dorsally, with single indigo-colored vertebral line.
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Description of
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Body size small, total length
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(SVL
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) than high (HiL:
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), LeL/HiL 150.0%; supraocular single, in contact with loreal, prefrontals, frontal, parietals, and superior anterior temporals. Temporals in three groups, 2+2+3; superior one of anterior most pair triangular, small, inferior one much larger, elongated, in contact with fourth and fifth supralabials and parietal; the middle pair, superior one parallelogram, small, inferior one much larger, elongated, in contact with sixth supralabials and three posterior temporals; superior most one of last trios biggest, size gradually decreases inferiorly; supralabials six, first one smallest, fourth and fifth in contact with eyes, sixth longest. Mental arc-shaped, in contact with first pair of chin shields; three pairs of chin shields, first pair in fan-shaped, remaining ones of second and third pairs in unequilateralquadrilateral shape. Infralabials six, first pair not in contact with each other, first three in contact with anterior-most pair of chin shields, third and fourth infralabials in contact with middle pair.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFF17FA64FEA450F0" bold="true" box="[151,275,1423,1447]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
An unvouchered topotypic individual of
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFD35FA64FCDA50F0" box="[693,877,1423,1447]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. panzhihuaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
in life. Photo by Benfu Miao.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CB7103085A5AFFEBFF47FA3EFC6A5344" blockId="8.[151,1437,1493,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">Dorsal scales elliptical, 23–23–19 rows, medial 6–11 rows distinctly keeled, remaining outer rows smooth. Ventrals 160, rounded laterally; subcaudals 73, unpaired; precloacal entire.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFF47F9F6FEE55360" bold="true" box="[199,338,1565,1591]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">Coloration:</emphasis>
In life, all scales are weakly iridescent with metallic luster. Dorsum is purplish brown. The vertebral and three paravertebral rows of dorsal scales are darker indigo, which form a darker longitudinal vertebral stripe extending from the posterior margin of the parietals to the tip of tail. Ventral surface of the body is greyish white, and the subcaudal region is purplish brown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB7103085A5AFFEBFF47F945FD8C5258" blockId="8.[151,1437,1493,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">In preservative, all scales are still iridescent. Coloration becomes darker after preservation. The dorsum becomes dark grey, and the vertebral stripe turns black. The ventral surface of the body becomes greyish brown, and the ventral tail is dark greyish brown.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB7103085A5AFFEBFF47F8F2FBFF5294" blockId="8.[151,1437,1493,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFF47F8F2FEDA5264" bold="true" box="[199,365,1817,1843]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">Comparisons.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFEF7F8F1FDF15264" box="[375,582,1817,1844]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. panzhihuaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFDCFF8F2FD1B5264" bold="true" box="[591,684,1817,1843]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E28962615A5AFFEBFDCFF8F2FD1B5264" box="[591,684,1817,1843]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most similar to its sister species
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5AFFEBFBCDF8F1FB5C5264" authorityName="Hu &amp; Zhao" authorityYear="1966" box="[1101,1259,1818,1844]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meiguensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFBCDF8F1FB5C5264" box="[1101,1259,1818,1844]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. meiguensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which both species have divided nasal scales in contact with each other, no internasal, a single postocular, 6 supralabials, 6 infralabials, mental in contact with first pair of chin shields, and fully separated first pair of infralabials. However, the new species can be diagnosed readily from
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5AFFEBFD2AF86DFCF152C8" authorityName="Hu &amp; Zhao" authorityYear="1966" box="[682,838,1926,1952]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="meiguensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFD2AF86DFCF152C8" box="[682,838,1926,1952]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. meiguensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having more subcaudals (SC 73 vs. 39–60), more ventrals in male (VEN 160 vs. 146–155), and more DSRM (23 vs. 19–21) (
<tableCitation id="864C36B35A5AFFEBFC63F842FB8C5294" box="[995,1083,1961,1987]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="15.[151,239,151,175]" captionText="TABLE 4. A morphological comparison of species of the genus Achalinus. Morphological data of unexamined congeners were taken from Van Denburgh (1912), Pope (1935), Bourret (1935, 1937), Smith (1943), Koshikawa (1982), Karsen et al. (1986), Ota &amp; Toyama (1989), Zhao (1998), and Das (2010), Ziegler et al. (2019), Wang et al. (2019), Luu et al. (2020), Li et al. (2020) and Miller et al. (2020)." pageId="8" pageNumber="536">Table 4</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5AFFEBFF47F826FE5A52B0" authority="Hou &amp; Wang &amp; Guo &amp; Chen &amp; Yuan &amp; Che, 2021" authorityName="Hou &amp; Wang &amp; Guo &amp; Chen &amp; Yuan &amp; Che" authorityYear="2021" box="[199,493,1997,2023]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="panzhihuaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFF47F826FE5A52B0" box="[199,493,1997,2023]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">Achalinus panzhihuaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFE75F826FDE752B0" bold="true" box="[501,592,1997,2023]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E28962615A5AFFEBFE75F826FDE752B0" box="[501,592,1997,2023]" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFC53F825FB9652B0" box="[979,1057,1998,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. ater</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5AFFEBFBB1F825FB1F52B0" authorityName="Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen &amp; Le" authorityYear="2019" box="[1073,1192,1997,2024]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="emilyae">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFBB1F825FB1F52B0" box="[1073,1192,1997,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. emilyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5AFFEBFB38F825FAEB52B0" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1908" box="[1208,1372,1997,2024]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" pageNumber="536" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="formosanus">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5AFFEBFB38F825FAEB52B0" box="[1208,1372,1997,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="536">A. formosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boulenger,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFF6BFF7CFE7F55E6" authority="Huang" authorityName="Huang" authorityYear="1975" box="[235,456,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanus">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF6BFF7CFEC455E6" box="[235,371,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. hainanus</emphasis>
Huang
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFE55FF7CFC9555E6" authority="Zong &amp; Ma" authorityName="Zong &amp; Ma" box="[469,802,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jinggangensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFE55FF7CFD2655E7" box="[469,657,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. jinggangensis</emphasis>
Zong &amp; Ma
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFCAFFF7CFC2F55E6" authorityName="Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Schingen, Nguyen &amp; Le" authorityYear="2019" box="[815,920,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="juliani">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFCAFFF7CFC2F55E6" box="[815,920,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. juliani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFC27FF7CFBFE55E6" authority="Mahi" authorityName="Mahi" box="[935,1097,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niger">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFC27FF7CFBB555E7" box="[935,1026,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. niger</emphasis>
Mahi
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFBD5FF7CFE165582" authority="Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu &amp; Guo" authorityName="Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu &amp; Guo" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pingbianensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFBD5FF7CFAA655E6" box="[1109,1297,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. pingbianensis</emphasis>
Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu &amp; Guo
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFE2DFF50FD015582" authority="Boulenger" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1888" box="[429,694,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufescens">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFE2DFF50FD8F5582" box="[429,568,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. rufescens</emphasis>
Boulenger
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFD43FF50FC3D5582" authority="Peters" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1869" box="[707,906,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spinalis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFD43FF50FC8D5582" box="[707,826,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. spinalis</emphasis>
Peters
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFC16FF50FE0255AE" authority="Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran &amp; Nguyen" authorityName="Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran &amp; Nguyen" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tranganensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFC16FF50FBFF5583" box="[918,1096,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. tranganensis</emphasis>
Luu, Ziegler, Ha, Lo, Hoang, Ngo, Le, Tran &amp; Nguyen
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFE40FF34FDBB55AF" authorityName="Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Schingen, Nguyen &amp; Le" authorityYear="2019" box="[448,524,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="timi">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFE40FF34FDBB55AF" box="[448,524,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. timi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFD99FF34FD0C55AE" box="[537,699,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yunkaiensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFD99FF34FD0C55AE" box="[537,699,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. yunkaiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFD49FF34FC5E55AE" authority="Van Denburgh" authorityName="Van Denburgh" authorityYear="1912" box="[713,1001,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="werneri">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFD49FF34FCF755AF" box="[713,832,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. werneri</emphasis>
Van Denburgh
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFBA0FF34FC80544A" authority="Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds &amp; Nguyen" authorityName="Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds &amp; Nguyen" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zugorum">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFBA0FF34FB1555AF" box="[1056,1186,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. zugorum</emphasis>
Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds &amp; Nguyen
</taxonomicName>
, by having divided nasal scales in contact each other behind the rostral (vs. separated), mental in contact with the first pair of chin shields (vs. separated), first pair of infralabials separated from each other (vs. in contact), as well as an absence of internasal (vs. present), and by the presence of a small postocular (vs. absent). Furthermore, the new species differs from
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFBD7FE84FAA554DF" box="[1111,1298,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jinggangensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFBD7FE84FAA554DF" box="[1111,1298,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. jinggangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFA9FFE84FF6A54FB" authorityName="Li, Yu, Wu, Liao, Tang, Liu &amp; Guo" authorityYear="2020" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pingbianensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFA9FFE84FF6A54FB" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. pingbianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFF6CFE78FE8E54FB" authorityName="Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Schingen, Nguyen &amp; Le" authorityYear="2019" box="[236,313,403,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="timi">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF6CFE78FE8E54FB" box="[236,313,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. timi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFEF1FE78FDA254FA" box="[369,533,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. formosanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having loreal separated from prefrontal (vs. fused); and from
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFB7EFE78FAC254FA" authorityName="Ziegler, Nguyen, Pham, Nguyen, Pham, Van Schingen, Nguyen &amp; Le" authorityYear="2019" box="[1278,1397,403,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="emilyae">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFB7EFE78FAC254FA" box="[1278,1397,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. emilyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFA04FE78FF495486" authorityName="Huang" authorityYear="1975" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hainanus">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFA04FE78FF495486" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. hainanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFEB4FE5CFE055486" box="[308,434,439,465]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rufecens">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFEB4FE5CFE055486" box="[308,434,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. rufecens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having more infralabials (6 vs. 5).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF17FA04FEA35350" bold="true" box="[151,276,1519,1543]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Holotype of of
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFE3AFA04FDC45350" authority="Hou &amp; Wang &amp; Guo &amp; Chen &amp; Yuan &amp; Che, 2021" authorityName="Hou &amp; Wang &amp; Guo &amp; Chen &amp; Yuan &amp; Che" authorityYear="2021" box="[442,627,1519,1543]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="panzhihuaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFE3AFA04FDC45350" box="[442,627,1519,1543]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">A. panzhihuaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFDFAFA04FD7B5350" bold="true" box="[634,716,1519,1543]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E28962615A5BFFEAFDFAFA04FD7B5350" box="[634,716,1519,1543]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(KIZ 040189) in preservation, showing (A) dorsal review, (B) ventral review; (C) dorsal mid-body close-up, (D) lateral mid-body body close-up; (E) ventral mid-body close-up, (F) lateral right head view, (G) ventral head and (H) dorsal head. Scale bar = 10 mm. Photos by Shaobing Hou.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="CB7103085A5BFFEAFF47F996FDB85238" blockId="9.[151,1436,1661,2012]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF47F996FDEB53C0" bold="true" box="[199,604,1661,1687]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Natural history and distribution.</emphasis>
The
<typeStatus id="1475BDAA5A5BFFEAFD1DF996FD4853C0" box="[669,767,1661,1687]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
was found on a montane road at night. The surrounding habitat was of secondary forest of evergreen broadleaf forest with shrubs and vines (
<figureCitation id="53F51F8D5A5BFFEAFBDCF94AFB1553EB" box="[1116,1186,1697,1724]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1111,1135]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1087]" captionTargetId="figure-17@10.[151,1436,181,1087]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 5. Habitat of A. panzhihuaensis sp. nov. (KIZ 040189) at Hongbao Village, Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, China. Photo by BenFu Miao." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4650086" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4650086/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). According to locals, road-killed individuals are somewhat common in the summer. At the type locality, the species is sympatric with
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFF17F902FCCE5254" authority="Wang, Wu, Jiang, Chen, Miao, Siler, Che, 2019" authorityName="Wang, Wu, Jiang, Chen, Miao, Siler, Che" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,889,1769,1796]" class="Agaricomycetes" family="Diplocystidiaceae" genus="Diploderma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Boletales" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Basidiomycota" rank="species" species="swild">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF17F902FED75254" box="[151,352,1769,1795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Diploderma swild</emphasis>
Wang, Wu, Jiang, Chen, Miao, Siler, Che, 2019
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFC03F902FAF75254" authority="Vogel, Luo, 2011" authorityName="Vogel, Luo" authorityYear="2011" box="[899,1344,1769,1796]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Lycodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gongshan">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFC03F902FC545254" box="[899,995,1769,1795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Lycodon</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFB8CF902FBCE5254" box="[1036,1145,1769,1795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">gongshan</emphasis>
Vogel, Luo, 2011
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFACDF902FD7F5270" authority="Liu, Zhong, Wang, Liu, Guo, 2018" authorityName="Liu, Zhong, Wang, Liu, Guo" authorityYear="2018" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Hebius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yanbianensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFACDF902FE9E5270" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Hebius yanbianensis</emphasis>
Liu, Zhong, Wang, Liu, Guo, 2018
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFD56F8E5FBC4527F" authority="(Blyth, 1854)" baseAuthorityName="Blyth" baseAuthorityYear="1854" box="[726,1139,1805,1832]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Ptyas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigromarginata">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFD56F8E5FC7A5270" box="[726,973,1806,1831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Ptyas nigromarginata</emphasis>
(Blyth, 1854)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFB01F8E6FED2521C" authority="(Yang, Rao, 1997)" baseAuthorityName="Yang, Rao" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Amphibia" family="Megophryidae" genus="Megophrys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyparietus">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFB01F8E6FA2B5270" box="[1153,1436,1805,1831]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Megophrys platyparietus</emphasis>
(Yang, Rao, 1997)
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFE1FF8DAFDB8521C" box="[415,527,1841,1867]" class="Amphibia" family="Ranidae" genus="Odorrana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFE1FF8DAFDB8521C" box="[415,527,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Odorrana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.. The new species is currently only known from the type locality in Panzhihua,
<collectingRegion id="090ACDEA5A5BFFEAFF17F8BEFEE95238" box="[151,350,1877,1903]" country="China" name="Sichuan" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="B3D943985A5BFFEAFEEAF8BEFE1A5238" box="[362,429,1877,1903]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">China</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="53F51F8D5A5BFFEAFE3CF8BEFE495238" box="[444,510,1877,1903]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,250,1834,1858]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,1177,1811]" captionTargetId="figure-455@1.[227,1361,1173,1811]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Distribution of selected species of the genus Achalinus in southern China and Vietnam, including the type locality (indicated by circle) of A. panzhihuaensis sp. nov. in Sichuan (purple), of A. yangdatongi sp. nov. in Yunnan (blue), and A. emilyae in Vietnam and China (black). The black triangle indicates the new locality of A. emilyae in Guangxi, China." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4650078" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4650078/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="83D450835A5BFFEAFF47F892FC20528B" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="CB7103085A5BFFEAFF47F892FC20528B" blockId="9.[151,1436,1661,2012]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFF47F892FEF952C4" bold="true" box="[199,334,1913,1939]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet “
<taxonomicName id="0CCE788B5A5BFFEAFDC6F892FD4452C4" authorityName="Hou &amp; Wang &amp; Guo &amp; Chen &amp; Yuan &amp; Che" authorityYear="2021" box="[582,755,1913,1939]" class="Reptilia" family="Xenodermatidae" genus="Achalinus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" pageNumber="537" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="panzhihuaensis">
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFDC6F892FD4452C4" box="[582,755,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">panzhihuaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” is named after the
<typeStatus id="1475BDAA5A5BFFEAFC57F891FBB052C3" box="[983,1031,1914,1940]" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">type</typeStatus>
locality of the new species, Panzhihua,
<collectingRegion id="090ACDEA5A5BFFEAFF4DF876FE2352E0" box="[205,404,1949,1975]" country="China" name="Sichuan" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Sichuan Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="B3D943985A5BFFEAFE20F876FE5052E0" box="[416,487,1949,1975]" name="China" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">China</collectingCountry>
. We propose “Panzhihua Odd-scaled Snake” as its common English name and “
<emphasis id="F9BADF1A5A5BFFEAFAE4F875FF5C528E" bold="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="537">Ẓ枝 AEñffi</emphasis>
” (Pinyin: Pan Zhi Hua Ji She) as its Chinese common name.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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