A new species of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from China and Vietnam

[...]phylogenetic analyses based on morphological characters and cytochrome b sequences suggested that the Asian coral snakes fell into three major clades (Slowinski et al., 2001). (2018) described a new species from Hainan Island, China. [...]six species are recognized presently within this genus....

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Published in:Dōngwùxué yánjiū 2020-03, Vol.41 (2), p.194-198
Main Authors: Liu, Qin, Yan, Jiao-Wen, Hou, Shao-Bing, Wang, Ping, Nguyen, Sang Ngoc, Murphy, Robert W, Che, Jing, Guo, Peng
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Language:English
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Abbreviations
Abdomen
Cloaca
Cytochrome
Cytochrome b
Cytochromes
Distance
Elapidae
Length
Meristic counts
Morphology
New species
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Sinomicrurus
Snakes
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Summary:[...]phylogenetic analyses based on morphological characters and cytochrome b sequences suggested that the Asian coral snakes fell into three major clades (Slowinski et al., 2001). (2018) described a new species from Hainan Island, China. [...]six species are recognized presently within this genus. [...]study based on morphological comparisons and genetic data indicated they were different from all putative species of this genus. [...]we evaluated these specimens as a new species, which is described herein. Abbreviations used for measurements and meristic characters are as follows: SVL (snout-vent length): distance between tip of snout and cloaca; TaL (tail length): distance between cloaca and tip of tail; DS: dorsal scales; VS: ventral scales; SC: subcaudal scales; IL: infralabials; SL: supralabials; Tem: temporals; Lo; Loreals; Poo: postoculars; Pro: preoculars; CB: number of cross-bands on body.
ISSN:0254-5853
DOI:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.023