The snakes within the examine have been discovered ion the Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve in Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.
Researchers have found and described a brand new snake species of the Pareas genus that may be a slug and snail-eating specialist. The snake, the Guanyinshan slug-eating snake (Pareas guanyinshanensis), has a yellowish crimson/yellowish brown head coloration and with an yellowish physique and black stripes on both sides of the physique, irregular stripes on the tail, and a pinkish yellow coloration on the underside of the pinnacle with black spots. The feminine holotype collected (of three snakes collected in whole) for the examine measured 488mm snout to vent size.
The snakes within the examine have been discovered within the Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve in Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The three specimens have been discovered at night time on small branches or on the forest flooring close to a stream. Farmland and forests have been close to the situation the place the snakes have been discovered.
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Snakes of the Pareidae household are discovered all through a lot of Southeast Asia and comprise 42 species. These within the Pareas genus are identified to be snail and slug consuming specialists, with jaw and enamel formations that assist them subdue and eat these gastropods. For instance, Pareas iwasakii has 17 enamel in its left mandible and 25 in its proper, which aids them in extracting the smooth our bodies of snails from their shells. There are 28 identified species within the Pareas genus, together with the newly described Pareas guanyinshanensis.
Pareas guanyinshanensis sp. nov. in life. (A) The holotype (KIZ 2023038); (B) the paratype (KIZ 2023040). Photograph by Shuo Liu, et.al.
The analysis paper describing the brand new species, “Description of a New Species of the Pareas hamptoni Advanced from Yunnan, China, with Affirmation of P. hamptoni Sensu Stricto in China (Squamata, Pareidae)” will be learn on the MDPI web site.
