A new species of the genus <i>Calamaria</i> H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Squamata, Calamariidae) from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.

ABSTRACT: A new species of reed snake, Calamaria synergis sp. nov., is described based on two specimens collected from Mountain Jinuo, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of morphological characters, including eight enlarged maxillary teeth; rostral higher than wide; prefrontal shorter than frontal and contacting the first two supralabials; mental not in contact with anterior chin shields; single preocular and postocular; four supralabials, with the 2^nd and 3^rd contacting the eye; five infralabials; five scales surrounding the paraparietal; ventrals 161-166; subcaudals 20-23, paired; dorsal scales reduced to six rows at the tail base and further

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12495431 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature