A New Reptile Record from Hunan Province——Hebius maximus and Its Phylogenetic Analysis
A specimen of genus Hebius was collected from Gaowangjie National Nature Reserve(28°41′36"N,110°09′30"E;212 m)in Hunan Province on May 24,2023.Through comparison of morphological characteris-tics,it was found that the reptile species was in accord with the morphological description of Hebius maxi-mus.The Bayesian phylogenetic tree of Hebius based on mitochondrial cytb genes showed that the specimen was clustered into a branch with H.maximus,with a genetic distance of 1.7％～2.2％.Based on these analy-ses,the specimen can be identified as H.maximus.At the same time,according to the reported distribution of H.maximus in China,it proved to be a new record in Hunan.Therefore,up to now there are eight species of genus Hebius recorded in Hunan Province.
Hunan ProvinceGaowangjie National Nature ReserveHebius maximuscytb gene
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