Lycodon

Main Authors: Zhang, Jun, Jiang, Ke, Vogel, Gernot, Rao, Dingqi
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2011
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6194843
Daftar Isi:
  • Key to the species and subspecies of Lycodon of China 1 a. No preocular, both prefrontal and loreal entering orbit............................................... L. subcinctus 1 b. Preocular present; prefrontal not entering orbit.............................................................. 2 2 a. Loreal entering orbit................................................................................... 8 2 b. Loreal not entering orbit............................................................................... 3 3 a. Venter banded............................................................................... L. synaptor 3 b. Venter not banded..................................................................................... 4 4 a. Upper dorsal and vertebral scale rows entirely smooth....................................................... 6 4 b. Upper dorsal rows distinctly keeled....................................................................... 5 5 a. Subcaudals 105–114 in males, endemic to Taiwan............................................ L. ruhstrati ruhstrati 5 b. Subcaudals 90–100 in males, present on Asian mainland....................................... L. ruhstrati abditus 6 a. Anal plate entire........................................................................... L. futsingensis 6 b. Anal plate divided.................................................................................... 7 7 a. Loreal not or slightly in contact with internasal, clear pale bands around body.............................. L. laoensis 7 b. Loreal broad in contact with internasal, bands absent or poorly developed............................... L. capucinus 8 a. Anal divided, bands yellow................................................................. L. liuchengchaoi 8 b. Anal single, bands white to cream....................................................................... 9 9 a. More than 90 Sc............................................................................ L. gongshan 9 b. Less than 90 Sc.............................................................................. L. fasciatus
  • Published as part of Zhang, Jun, Jiang, Ke, Vogel, Gernot & Rao, Dingqi, 2011, A new species of the genus Lycodon (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan Province, China, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 2982 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.207722