| Autor: |
Luu VQ; -1Faculty of Forest Resources and Environmental Management, Vietnam National University of Forestry, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietnam.. vinhlq@vnuf.edu.vn., Ziegler T, VAN Ha N, VAN Lo O, Hoang TT, Ngo HT, LE MD, Tran DH, Nguyen TQ |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2020 Nov 09; Vol. 4877 (1), pp. zootaxa.4877.1.8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 09. |
| DOI: |
10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.8 |
| Abstrakt: |
We describe a new snake of the genus Achalinus based on an adult female specimen from Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Achalinus tranganensis sp. nov. is differentiated from its congeners genetically and by a unique combination of the following characters: 1) maxillary teeth 29; 2) suture between the internasals distinctly longer than that between the prefrontals; 3) loreal distinctly wider than high, extending from the nasal to the eye; 4) dorsal scales in 25-23-23 rows, keeled; 5) two pairs of prefrontals; 6) supralabials six; 7) infralabials six; 8) temporals 2+3, the two anterior temporals in contact with eye; 9) ventrals 171; 10) subcaudals 73+, unpaired; 11) cloacal plate entire; 12) dorsum in preservative reddish to greyish brown above; 13) the lower part of head side and chin region somewhat paler than the dorsum; 14) venter greyish cream, with the anterior region of each ventral and subcaudal somewhat darker. Based on molecular comparisons using a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), the new species differs from other members of the genus by at least 11.8%. This discovery increases the number of Achalinus species known from Vietnam to seven. |
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