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Issue: Vol. 2982 No. 1: 2 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2982.1.6
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 1

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

College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637000, Sichuan Province, China
College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Nanchong, 637000, Sichuan Province, China State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan Province, China Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, Germany
Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Heidelberg, Germany
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, Yunnan Province, China
Reptilia herpetology Lycodon liuchengchaoi new species Serpentes taxonomy

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.

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