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<mods:title>Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Shi, Jing-Song</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China &amp; Institute of Herpetology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Liu, Jin-Cheng</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Zoology, Prithvi Narayan Campus, Bhimkalipatan- 1, Pokhara 33700, Nepal</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Owens, John Benjamin</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Molecular Ecology and Evolution at Bangor, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL 57 2 UW, UK &amp; Captive and Field Herpetology, Wales, UK</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Santra, Vishal</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Malhotra, Anita</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/6DF30D06-937B-470B-AFE4-D4CABEAF7DAB" authority="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi" status="sp. nov.">Gloydius lipipengi Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific epithet of the new species from Tibet is dedicated to the senior
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Master’s">Master's</normalizedToken>
supervisor, Professor Pi-Peng Li (Institute of Herpetology, Shenyang Normal University) on
<normalizedToken originalValue="Li’s">Li's</normalizedToken>
sixtieth birthday. Prof. Li has devoted himself to the study of the herpetological diversity of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The senior author became an Asian pit viper enthusiast and professional herpetological researcher under his instruction. The common name of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. is suggested as &quot;Nujiang pit viper&quot; in English, and
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Jiāng">Jiang</normalizedToken>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Fù">Fu</normalizedToken>
(
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in Chinese.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Type specimen.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
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sp. nov., holotype. IVPP OV2720 (G2, Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (A, B IVPP OV 2720, holotype) and Gloydius swild sp. nov. (C IVPP OV 2725, holotype, D IVPP OV, 2726, paratype) in life, not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595356" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">1</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Color rendered three-dimensional model of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (holotype, IVPP OV 2720) A dorsal view B palatal view, mandibles not shown C lateral view. Abbreviations: bo, basioccipital; bs, basisphenoid; col, columella; cp, compound bone; d, dentary; ecp, ectopterygoid; exo, exoccipital; f, frontal; na, nasal; ma, maxilla; p, parietal; pcr, prearticular crest of compound bone; pfr, prefrontal; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pp, palatine process of maxilla; pro, prootic; psp, parasphenoid rostrum; pt, pterygoid; sac, surangular crest of compound bone; spm; septomaxilla; so, supraoccipital; sp, splenial; st, supratemporal; v, vomer. Conducted by Ye-Mao Hou and Jingsong Shi." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595359" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">4</figureCitation>
), adult male, collected from Muza Village, Zayu, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibet (
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,
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, 2883 m), by Jin-Cheng Liu, on 8 September 2014.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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The specimens of the new species, IVPP OV 2720, IVPP OV 2725 and IVPP OV 2726 were identified as the member of the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius</emphasis>
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based on the small body size, bilateral pits, and divided subcaudal scales (Hoge and Romano-Hoge 1981).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
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sp. nov. differs from other congeneric species in the following characteristics: i) third supralabial scale not touching the orbit; ii) a pair of prominent black markings on the occiput; iii) black-bordered greyish cheek stripe extending from the posterior margin of orbit (not separated by the postoculars) to the ventral surface of the neck; iv) black irregular annular crossbands on the mid-body; iv) two rows of black blotches on the ventral side; v) 23-21-15 circum-body scales; vi) 165 ventral scales; and vii) 46 subcaudal scales.
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Table
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provides a brief summary of the differences between
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. lipipengi</emphasis>
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sp. nov.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. swild</emphasis>
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sp. nov. and other congeneric species.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Table 5.</emphasis>
Brief morphological comparisons between
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sp. nov.,
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sp. nov. and other congeneric species.
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">Background coloration</th>
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</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">triangular</td>
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sp. nov.
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">greyish brown or blueish-grey</td>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. angusticeps" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="angusticeps">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">triangular</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">greyish brown, vaporous spots</td>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. himalayanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">triangular</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">one triangular spot between the third and fourth supralabial</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">brown, reddish brown or dark grey small blotches or large black bordered patches</td>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. huangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="huangi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. huangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">rounded</td>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. liupanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="liupanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. liupanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">conspicuous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">light reddish brown or yellowish brown</td>
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similar with
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, with white stripe on the body side
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. monticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="monticola">
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<taxonomicName lsidName="G. qinlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="qinlingensis">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">conspicuous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">light reddish brown or yellowish brown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">two columns of irregular yellowish brown or dark brown</td>
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</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">rounded</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">irregular small black spots</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">inconspicuous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">khaki or yellowish brown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">regular large (or discrete small) scarlet or brownish yellow patches or stripes</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. strauchi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="strauchi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. strauchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">rounded</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">large brown between the second, third and fourth or none</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">inconspicuous</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">greenish brown, yellowish brown or nut-brown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rowspan="1">patches, transverse crossbands or four longitudinal zigzag strips</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. and
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. swild" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="swild">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. swild</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be differentiated from the species in the
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. blomhoffii" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="blomhoffii">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. blomhoffii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex by having three palatine teeth (versus four palatine teeth), from the
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. halys" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="halys">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. halys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex by having 21 rows of mid-body dorsal scales (versus 22 or 23 rows).
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. differs from other species in
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. strauchi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="strauchi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. strauchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex by the third supralabial scale not touching the orbit, from
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. strauchi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="strauchi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. strauchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. huangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="huangi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. huangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. rubromaculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="rubromaculatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. rubromaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having large irregular black markings on the back (versus four irregular longitudinal stripes or discrete blotches in
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. strauchi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="strauchi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. strauchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, complete dark brown patches in
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. huangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="huangi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. huangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and large red crossbands in
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. rubromaculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="rubromaculatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. rubromaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1670/18-126" author="Wang, K" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Herpetology" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" pagination="224 - 236" refId="B22" refString="Wang, K, Ren, J, Dong, W, Jiang, K, Shi, J, Siler, CD, Che, J, 2019. A New Species of Plateau Pit Viper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Gloydius) from the Upper Lancang (= Mekong) Valley in the Hengduan Mountain Region, Tibet, China. Journal of Herpetology 53 (3): 224 - 236, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1670/18-126" title="A New Species of Plateau Pit Viper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Gloydius) from the Upper Lancang (= Mekong) Valley in the Hengduan Mountain Region, Tibet, China." url="https://doi.org/10.1670/18-126" volume="53" year="2019">Wang et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
), from
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. monticola" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having seven supralabials (versus always six supralabials) and more subcaudal scales (46 pairs versus always fewer than 30 pairs), from
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. qinlingensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="qinlingensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. qinlingensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. liupanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="liupanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. liupanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its greyish brown body colour (versus yellowish-brown body colour) and lacking a lateral white line on each lateral side (versus possessing a lateral white line on each side).
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be differentiated from
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. himalayanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="himalayanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. himalayanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by possessing an indistinct canthus rostralis (versus very distinct canthus rostralis; Gloyd and Conant 1990).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Description of the holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
IVPP OV 2720, adult male, a slender pit viper with a total length of 628.2 mm (SVL 540.6 mm and TL 87.6 mm), preserved in 75% ethanol with its left hemipenes partially extruded (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (A, B IVPP OV 2720, holotype) and Gloydius swild sp. nov. (C IVPP OV 2725, holotype, D IVPP OV, 2726, paratype) in life, not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595356" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Holotype of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (IVPP OV 2720) in preservative A dorsal view B ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595357" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595356" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A, B</emphasis>
IVPP OV 2720, holotype) and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius swild" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="swild">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius swild</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
IVPP OV 2725, holotype,
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">D</emphasis>
IVPP OV, 2726, paratype) in life, not to scale.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595357" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Holotype of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (IVPP OV 2720) in preservative
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">The head is slender and triangular shaped in dorsal view, distinct from the neck. Canthus rostralis are not distinct. The head is 25.2 mm in length, 13.2 mm in width and 8.2 mm in depth.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Scalation</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Rostral scale slightly up-turned, visible from dorsal view; nasal divided, anterior part larger; seven supralabials on both sides: second smallest, not reaching the pit; third highest, not touching the bottom of orbit (separated by one small subocular); fourth longest, not touching the orbit; three preoculars, two postoculars, inferior one touching the top of the third supralabials, forming the bottom margin of the orbit; two rows of temporals (2+4); infralabials 10 on left side while 11 on right, first pair in contact behind the mental; second, third and fourth pairs meet on the chin shield; chin shield is rhomboidal in shape, the posterior chin shield comprises two pairs of scales, forming the mental groove (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Head squamation of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (Holotype, IVPP OV 2720: A lateral view B dorsal view C ventral view) and G. swild sp. nov. (Holotype, IVPP OV 2725: D lateral view E dorsal view F ventral view). Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595358" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">3A-C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595358" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 3.</emphasis>
Head squamation of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (Holotype, IVPP OV 2720:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
ventral view) and
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. swild" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="swild">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. swild</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (Holotype, IVPP OV 2725:
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">D</emphasis>
lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">E</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">F</emphasis>
ventral view). Scale bar: 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Dorsal scales in 23-21-15 rows (reducing from 19 to 18 posteriorly at ventral 94-96), keeled except for the first scale row bordering the ventral scales; ventral scales 165 (excluding four preventral scales); anal plate single; subcaudals 46, in pairs</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Coloration</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Eye dark brown on the upper half while black on the bottom half, pupil black, vertical with light yellow margins; postorbital stripe wide, greyish brown and black bordered on the lower edge, extending from the posterior orbit to the ventral surface of the neck; supralabials and infralabials greyish brown, scattered with very small irregularly sized black blotches. One black triangular mark on the anterodorsal head, covering the caudomedial part of prefrontals. One bold black M-shaped mark on the dorsomedial head, covering the caudal part of lateral frontals, the lateral part of parietals, merged with the postorbital stripe at the largest temporal scale (but not covering the upper postorbital). The upper postorbital white while the top part of the bottom postorbital is black (covered by the postorbital stripe).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
The body coloration is dark greyish brown, with two rows of irregular black annular crossbands on the mid-body, each covering 20 or more scales, separated by a gap of two row scale vertically, extending laterally to one or two dorsal scales from the ventrals. Ventral scales light grey, with two large black blotches on each side, clustered into two ventral stripes. The tip of tail is similar to the main body in coloration (Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (A, B IVPP OV 2720, holotype) and Gloydius swild sp. nov. (C IVPP OV 2725, holotype, D IVPP OV, 2726, paratype) in life, not to scale." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595356" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Holotype of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (IVPP OV 2720) in preservative A dorsal view B ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595357" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">2</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Skull</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The description of the skull of
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. lipipengi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is based on the 3D-reconstructed model of the holotype.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Snout</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The premaxilla has bifurcated transverse process on each side. The anterior margin of the premaxilla is blunt. The dorsal tip of the ascending process of premaxilla is triangular in lateral view, not reaching the anterior tip of nasals. The horizontal laminae of the nasals are scutiform in dorsal view. The septomaxillae have prominent dorsolateral processes, nearly meeting the horizontal laminae of the nasals.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<taxonomicName genus="Braincase" lsidName="Braincase" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Braincase</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The parietal is roughly T-shaped in dorsal view. The anterolateral part of the parietal bulges prominently laterally while the dorsoposterior part tapers medially. The postorbital processes of the parietal are prominent. The frontals are squared. The lateral margin of frontals concaved obviously on each side, forming the dorsal edge of orbit. The prefrontal has an elongate blunt lateral process, posterolaterally pointed. The lacrimal foramen perforates the medial lamina of the prefrontal. The prefrontal-frontal join surface is waved in dorsal view.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">The postorbital is relatively small and cashew-shaped, the top of the postorbital does not reach the posterolateral end of frontal. The basisphenoid is spearhead in shape, narrow anteriorly and expanded laterally. The supraoccipital is longitudinally compressed, occupies almost two thirds the total width of the otic region.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<taxonomicName genus="Palatomaxillary" lsidName="Palatomaxillary apparatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="apparatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Palatomaxillary apparatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The fang is relatively short and curved, roughly the same length of the maxilla, one third the length of ectopterygoid, attached with seven or eight replacement fangs on each side. The palatine bears three teeth. The ectopterygoid is flat and widened at the anterior part. The pterygoid is slender, the dentigerous process of pterygoid is straight, bearing 12/11 teeth (left/right), occupies almost half the total width of the pterygoid, the posterior portion of pterygoid is medially expanded.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Suspensorium and mandible</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The supratemporal is slender, has a lateral process, anterolaterally pointed, lies in front of the supratemporal-quadrate articulation. The quadrate is straight, slender, and enlarged on both ends. The mandible is slender and moderately curved. The prearticular crest of the compound bone is prominent while the surangular crest is slightly concaved. The dental bone bears 11/12 teeth (left/right); the dentary teeth are perpendicular to the dentary bone, decreasing in size at the third tooth. The posterior tip of ventral process of dentary extends farther posteriorly than the dorsal process.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Dentition</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Palatine: 3/3, pterygoid: 12/11, dentary: 11/12.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<taxonomicName genus="Hemipenes" lsidName="Hemipenes" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Hemipenes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The hemipenes of
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. lipipengi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. are generally similar to those of
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. rubromaculatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="rubromaculatus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. rubromaculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. huangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="huangi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. huangi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but differ by the possession of longer and stronger spines, seven or eight subcaudals in length, and forked for two subcaudals. Small and stubby spines range from the basal to the distal side of the organ, without any conspicuously enlarged spines (versus 3-5 enlarged spines on the base in the
<taxonomicName lsidName="G. halys" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" rank="species" species="halys">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">G. halys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj1972.14.1_23" author="Gloyd, HK" journalOrPublisher="Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, USA" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" refId="B7" refString="Gloyd, HK, 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, USA, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj1972.14.1_23" title="Snakes of the Agkistrodon Complex: A Monographic Review." url="https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj1972.14.1_23" year="1990">Gloyd 1990</bibRefCitation>
). The spines gradually increase in length distally.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="87" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Distribution and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
At present,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. has only been reported from the type locality, Muza village, Zayu, Tibet, China (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Type localities of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (red triangles) and G. swild sp. nov. (black triangles), with the collection localities of some other congeneric species." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/596192" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">6</figureCitation>
). The specimen was collected at 09:00 h on leaf litter in forest near the hot, dry valley on the lower reaches of the Nujiang River (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. The habitat of Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov. (A Muza Village, Zaty, Tibet, type locality of G. lipipengi sp. nov. B the landscape of the Nujiang River, 15 km from the type locality) and Gloydius swild sp. nov. (C Heishui, Sichuan) A and B Photographs by Jin-Cheng Liu." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595362" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">7</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. accepted pink mice in captivity.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595359" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Color rendered three-dimensional model of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Shi, Liu &amp; Malhotra" authorityYear="2021" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius lipipengi" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lipipengi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius lipipengi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (holotype, IVPP OV 2720)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">A</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">B</emphasis>
palatal view, mandibles not shown
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">C</emphasis>
lateral view. Abbreviations: bo, basioccipital; bs, basisphenoid; col, columella; cp, compound bone; d, dentary; ecp, ectopterygoid; exo, exoccipital; f, frontal; na, nasal; ma, maxilla; p, parietal; pcr, prearticular crest of compound bone; pfr, prefrontal; pmx, premaxilla; po, postorbital; pp, palatine process of maxilla; pro, prootic; psp, parasphenoid rostrum; pt, pterygoid; sac, surangular crest of compound bone; spm; septomaxilla; so, supraoccipital; sp, splenial; st, supratemporal; v, vomer. Conducted by Ye-Mao Hou and Jingsong Shi.
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</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1061.70420.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/595360" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Bayesian inferenced tree of the genus
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hoge &amp; Romano-Hoge" authorityYear="1981" class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" genus="Gloydius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Gloydius" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="87">Gloydius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, along with some relative genus of the family
<taxonomicName class="Reptilia" family="Viperidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Squamata" pageId="0" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Viperidae</taxonomicName>
, based on 12S, 16S, ND4, and cytb sequences, with the maximum likelihood bootstrap supports (left, regular) and Bayesian posterior probabilities (right, italic) displayed on the nodes (those &lt;50% are displayed as
<normalizedToken originalValue="“-”">&quot;-&quot;</normalizedToken>
). Holotypes are marked with asterisks.
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