TY  - JOUR
A1  - Liu, Shuo
A1  - Zhang, Dongru
A1  - Poyarkov, Nikolay A.
A1  - Hou, Mian
A1  - Wu, Li
A1  - Rao, Dingqi
A1  - Nguyen, Tan Van
A1  - Vogel, Gernot
T1  - Resurrection of Pareas yunnanensis (Vogt, 1922) with description of a new species of Pareas from Yunnan Province, China (Squamata, Pareidae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Based on molecular and morphological data of four specimens of Pareas Wagler, 1830 collected from the type locality of P. yunnanensis (Vogt, 1922), along with examination of the type specimens of P. yunnanensis, we revalidate this poorly known, secretive species. Furthermore, based on molecular and morphological lines of evidence we also describe a new species of Pareas from Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Morphologically, the new species closely resembles its sister species P. nigriceps Guo & Deng, 2009. However, the new species is divergent from the latter in cytochrome b mtDNA gene sequences, and can be distinguished from all congeners by the following combination of morphological characteristics: single preocular, postocular fused with subocular, loreal not bordering orbit, vertebral scales enlarged, 3–5 rows of mid-dorsal scales keeled at the middle of the body, ventral scales 160–171; subcaudals 62–64, dorsal surface of head solid black or reddish-brown, dark nuchal band present, iris brownish-black or reddish-brown.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 860:1-26 
KW  - Dali
KW  - Menghai
KW  - slug-eating snakes
KW  - synonymy
KW  - taxonomy
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/68882
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-688829
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 860
SP  - 1
EP  - 26
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -