Achalinus

Achalinus spinalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species (27): A. ater – A. dabieshanensis – A. damingensis – A. dehuaensis – A. emilyae – A. formosanus – A. hainanus – A. huangjietangi – A. hunanensis – A. jinggangensis – A. juliani – A. meiguensis – A. nanshanensis – A. niger – A. ningshanensis – A. panzhihuaensis – A. pingbianensis – A. quangi – A. rufescens – A. sheni – A. spinalis – A. timi – A. tranganensis – A. vanhoensis – A. werneri – A. yangdatongi – A. yunkaiensis – A. zugorum

Name

Achalinus Peters, 1869: 436

• Type species: Achalinus spinalis Peters, 1869, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Ophielaps Sauvage, 1877: 108
  • Type species: Ophielaps braconnieri Sauvage, 1877, by monotypy.
• Cochalinus Rhumbler, 1910: 468
• Achalinopsis Steindachner, 1913: 218
  • Type species: Achalinopsis sauteri Steindachner, 1913, by monotypy.
• Ophiolaps Maki, 1931: 57 [nomen incorrectum]
• Stoliczkaia Fan, 1931: (part)
• Achalimus Wang & Wang, 1956 [nomen incorrectum]
• Achalinapsis Wang & Wang, 1956 [nomen incorrectum]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 432–445. BHL Reference page. 
• Sauvage, H.E. 1877. Sur quelques ophidiens d'espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de la collection du Muséum. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris (1876-1877) (Série 7) 1:107–115. BHL Reference page. 
• Rhumbler, L. 1910. Über eine zweckmässige Weieterbildung der Linnéschen binären nomenklatur. Zoologischer Anzeiger 36(26): 453-471. BHL Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1913. Über zwei neue Schlangengenarten von Formosa. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 50(12): 218–220. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fan, T.-H. 1931. Preliminary report of reptiles from Yaoshan, Kwangsi, China. Bulletin of the Department of Biology, Sun Yatsen University 11: 1–154, 9 pls. Reference page. 
• Maki, M. 1931. A Monograph of the Snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo: Tokyo. 240 pp. Reference page. 
• Wang, C.S. & Wang, Y.H.M. 1956. The reptile [sic] of Taiwan. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum 9(1): 1-86. Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Hou, S.-B., Wang, K., Guo, P., Chen, J.-M., Yuan, Z.-Y. & Che, J. 2021. Two new species and a new country record of the genus Achalinus (Reptilia: Squamata: Xenodermidae) from China. Zootaxa 4950(3): 528–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.6 Reference page. 
• Huang, R.-Y., Peng, L.-F., Yu, L., Huang, T.-Q., Jang, K., Ding, L., Chang, J.-K., Yang, D.-C., Xu, Y.-H. & Huang, S. 2021. A New Species of the Genus Achalinus from Huangshan, Anhui, China (Squamata: Xenodermidae). Asian Herpetological Research 12(2): 178–187. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.200075 Reference page. 
• Li, K., Wu, Y.-Y., Xu, R.-Y., Zhu, F., Ren, J.-L., Guo, P. & Dong, B.-J. 2021. A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China. Zootaxa 5026(2): 239–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.5 Reference page. 
• Ha, N.V., Ziegler, T., Sy, T.D., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q. & Luu, V.Q. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Son La Province, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5168(3): 375–387. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.3.8 Reference page. 
• Yang, D.-C., Huang, R.-Y., Jiang, K., Burbrink, F.T., Gong, Y.-A., Yu, J., Zhang, Y., Huang, T.-Q. & Huang, S. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China. Zootaxa 5190(1): 127–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.5 Reference page. 
• Ma, S., Shi, S-C., Xiang, S-J., Shu, F. & Jiang, J-P. 2023. A new species of Achalinus Peters, 1869 (Squamata, Xenodermidae) from Hunan Province, China. Zookeys 1166: 315–331. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1166.103055 Reference page. 
• Ma, S., Xu, Y-H., Qi, S., Wang, Y-Y., Tang, S-S., Huang, S. & Jiang, J-P. 2023. Discovery of a new cryptic Achalinus Peters, 1869 (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) species from Hunan Province, China. Zookeys 1181: 9–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.109462 Reference page. 
• Pham, A.V., Le, M.D., Ngo, H.T., Ong, A.V., Ziegler, T. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2023. Achalinus quangi, a new odd-scaled snake species from Vietnam. Zootaxa 5270(1): 48–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.1.2 Reference page. 
• Yang, D.-C., Xu, Y.-H., Wu, J.-X., Gong, Y.-A., Huang, R.-Y., Xiang, J., Feng, Z.-L., Huang, T.-Q. & Huang, S. 2023. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Nanning, Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 5319(1): 389–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.5 Reference page. 
• Zhang, C.-W., Liu, K., Huang, R.-Y., Hu, T.-L., Yu, L., Sun, R.-L., Zhang, Y.-C., Wen, J. & Zhang, B.-W. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, China. Animals 13(4): 708. DOI: 10.3390/ani13040708 Reference page. 
• Li, H., Zhu, L-Q., Xiao, B., Huang, J., Wu, S-W., Yang, L-X., Zhang, Z-Q. & Mo, X-Y. 2024. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata, Xenodermatidae) from southwest Hunan Province, China. ZooKeys 1189: 257–273. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1189.112784 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Achalinus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 October 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Odd-scaled Snakes

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