In:
ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 1025 ( 2021-03-18), p. 35-71
Abstract:
Kraits of the genus Bungarus Daudin 1803 are widely known venomous snakes distributed from Iran to China and Indonesia. Here, we use a combination of mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphological data to describe a new species from Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China: Bungarus suzhenae sp. nov . Phylogenetically, this species forms a monophyletic lineage sister to the Bungarus candidus / multicinctus / wanghaotingi complex based on cyt b and ND4 genes but forms a sister species pair with the species B. magnimaculatus Wall & amp; Evans, 1901 based on COI gene fragments. Morphologically, B. suzhenae sp. nov . is similar to the B. candidus / multicinctus / wanghaotingi complex but differs from these taxa by a combination of dental morphology, squamation, coloration pattern, as well as hemipenial morphology. A detailed description of the cranial osteology of the new species is given based on micro-CT tomography images. We revised the morphological characters of B. candidus / multicinctus / wanghaotingi complex and verified the validity of three species in this complex. The distribution of these species was revised; the records of B. candidus in China should be attributed to B. wanghaotingi . We also provide an updated key to species of Bungarus .
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Online Resource
ISSN:
1313-2970
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1313-2989
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305
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Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2021
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2445640-8
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