Ziegler, Thomas (2020). A new species of Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4877 (1). S. 174 - 185. AUCKLAND: MAGNOLIA PRESS. ISSN 1175-5334
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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 intemasals 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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-311846 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4877.1.8 | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Zootaxa | ||||||||
| Volume: | 4877 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | S. 174 - 185 | ||||||||
| Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
| Publisher: | MAGNOLIA PRESS | ||||||||
| Place of Publication: | AUCKLAND | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||
| Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||
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| URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31184 |
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