Achalinus hainanus

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: Achalinus hainanus

Name

Achalinus hainanus Huang, in Hu, Zhao & Huang 1975

• Holotype: IZAS 1076, ♀, collected by Chien Fung Ling on 20 January 1964.
• Type locality: Hainan Island, 800 m asl.
• Paratype: IZAS 1016, ♀, same data as the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Hu, S.-Q., Zhao, E.-m & Huang, Z.-J., 1975. Three new species of reptiles from Hainan Island, Guangdong Province (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 21(4): 380–381, 384. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Achalinus hainanus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Lau, M. & Zhou, Z. 2017. IUCN: Achalinus hainanus  (Vulnerable) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T192028A118227958. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T192028A118227958.en

Vernacular names

English: Hainan Odd-scaled Snake