A new species of the genus Lycodon (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan Province, China

JUN ZHANG ¹KE JIANG ²GERNOT VOGEL ³DINGQI RAO²

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作者信息

1. College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637000, Sichuan Province, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan Province, China
3. Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract

A new species of genus Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) is described from Sichuan Province, China on the basis of three specimens. The new species, Lycodon liuchengchaoi sp. nov., is superficially similar to L.fasciatus and L. ruhstrati but can be distinguished from them by its divided anal plate and the large number and yellow colour of the rings around the body. A new key to the Lycodon of China is presented.

Key words

herpetology/Lycodon liuchengchaoi/new species/Reptilia/Serpentes/taxonomy

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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