Achalinus hunanensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

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

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus hunanensis

Name

Achalinus hunanensis Ma, Shi, Xiang, Shu & Jiang, 2023: 324

• Holotype: CIB 119039 (Collection No. 20130505001), subadult ♂, collected by Sheng-Chao Shi and Sun-Jun Xiang in early May 2013.
• Type locality: “Huangyan Village, Hecheng District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, China (27°28′N, 110°02′E; ca. 880 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Hunan Odd-scaled Snake