Oligodon bivirgatus QIAN, QI, SHI, LU, JENKINS, MO & LI, 2021
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Oligodon bivirgatus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Double Striped Kukri Snake Chinese: 双线小头蛇 (Shuāng Xiàn Xiǎo Tóu Shé) |
| Synonym | Oligodon bivirgatus QIAN, QI, SHI, LU, JENKINS, MO & LI 2021 |
| Distribution | China (Hainan) Type locality: China, Hainan, Shangxi Nature Reserve (18.834167° N, 110.130833° E), 319 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SYNU 1907027, adult female, collected on 13 July 2019 by Tianyu Qian and Minghong Huang; Paratypes: SYNU 1808001, adult female, collected on 17 August 2018 by Pipeng Li, Tianyu Qian and Minghong Huang from the same valley as the holotype (18.833611° N, 110.130556° E; 317 m a.s.l.). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Oligodon bivirgatus sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners known to occur in southern China and mainland Southeast Asia by having the following combination of characters: (1) eight maxillary teeth; (2) nasal divided; (3) absence of a loreal; (4) single preocular and two postoculars; (5) seven supralabials, third and fourth touching the orbit, sixth excluded from the lip; (6) seven infralabials, anterior four contacting chin shields; (7) internasals separate from prefrontals; (8) single anterior and two posterior temporals; (9) anal plate divided; (10) 15/15/15 dorsal scale rows; (11) dorsum reddish-brown in life, with two distinct narrow dark stripes, two dorsolateral lines are faintly visible; and (12) ventral surface reddish in life, edge cream with irregular dark blotches. (Qian et al. 2021). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific name comes from Latin words "bi-" (double) and "virgatus" (striped), refers to this species has a dorsal color pattern made of two distinct dorsal stripes. |
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