Hebius jingdongensis MA, SHI, AYI & JIANG, 2023
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Hebius jingdongensis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Jingdong Keelback Snake Chinese: 景东腹 链蛇” (Jǐng Dōng Fù Liàn Shé) |
| Synonym | Hebius jingdongensis MA, SHI, AYI & JIANG 2023 Amphiesma octolineata — ZHAO et al. 1998 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Mt. Ailao Ecological Station (101.01 °E, 24.52 °N, ca 2400 m a.s.l.) located at Jingdong in Yunnan, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype CIB 119044, sub-adult female, collected by Guocheng Shu, Meihua Zhang, Shengchao Shi and Chunling Zhao on 27 July 2017. Paratypes CIB 8394, adult female, collected on 18 June 1958 from Huangcaoling; CIB 8395, adult female with little broken at the tail tip, collected on 5 June 1958 from Xinmin Village. These two localities are both located in the same county as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (1) body cylindrical, tail relatively short, TaL/TL 0.235–0.243; (2) dorsal scale rows 19-19-17; (3) ventrals 163– 166, cloacal plate divided, subcaudals 71–74 pairs; (4) supralabials 8, the first two contact with the nasals; (5) infralabials 9 or 10, preocular 1, postoculars 3; (6) body dorsum sandy beige with the sides yellowish-brown decorated with two brick-red stripes on the dorsolateral scale rows in life; (7) sutures between the labials brick-red in life and taupe in preservative; (8) ventral light yellow with the outer part of each scale brick-red in life; (9) ventrolateral stripes present. (Ma et al. 2023) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality of this species. |
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