First record of Achalinus zugorum Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds & Nguyen, 2020 from China (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with updated diagnosis of this species
Based on one specimen collected from Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, we provide the first record of <i>Achalinus zugorum</i> from China. The specimen from China agrees well with the original morphological description of the species and has a minor genetic distance of 2.9% in the COI gene with the type specimen of this species. This study reports the second specimen and the first female specimen of this species. We also provide an updated diagnosis of this species combined with the morphological data of the newly-collected specimen.
Authors
- Mian Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-6570)
- Shuo Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7825-3006)
- Mo Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-7368)
- Dingqi Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-1503)
- JiShan Wang
Institutions
- Kunming Institute of Zoology (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Southwest Forestry University (CN)
- State Forestry and Grassland Administration (CN)
- Chengdu Normal University (CN)
- Sichuan Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biodiversity Data Journal
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.13.e161176
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.11
Funders
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province
- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences