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Table 1 in Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar
Authors/Creators
- 1. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541001, China
- 2. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
- 3. Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Im Sand 3, Heidelberg D- 69115, Germany
- 4. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China
Description
Table 1. Comparison of main morphological characters in the Bungarus species.
| Species | DSR | VEN | NSC | SC | Loreal | Dorsal body pattern | BB | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. candidus | 15 | 209-224 | 41-50 | undivided | absent | white bands | 18-26 | This study |
| (215.2 ± 3.8 n = 18) | (46.2 ± 2.1 n = 17) | (21.4 ± 1.8 n = 19) | ||||||
| B. wanghaotingi | 15 | 209-259 | 32-64 | undivided | absent | white bands | 18-33 | This study (n = 16); Yang and Rao 2008 (n = 10); Pope 1928 (n = 1) |
| (230.4 ± 12.3 n = 23) | (51.1 ± 6.4 n = 22) | (25.1 ± 3.2 n = 27) | ||||||
| B. multicinctus | 15 | 196-236 | 38-58 | undivided | absent | white bands | 31-50 | This study |
| (214.1 ± 8.9 n = 24) | (47.1 ± 4.9 n = 23) | (39.3 ± 4.7 n = 24) | ||||||
| B. suzhenae sp. nov. | 15 | 220-229 | 51-54 | undivided | absent | white bands | 26-38 | This study |
| (223 ± 4.1 n = 4) | (53 ± 1.5 n = 3) | (39.3 ± 4.7 n = 4) | ||||||
| B. magnimaculatus | 15 | 214-235 (n =?) | 40-48 | undivided | absent | broad, white bands | 11-14 | Leviton et al. 2003 |
| B. niger | 15 | 216-231 (n =?) | 47-57 | undivided | absent | body black | / | Wall 1908 |
| B. caeruleus | 15 | 200-217 (n> 20) | 33-54 | undivided | absent | white bands (in pairs) | 29-65 | Biswas and Sanyal 1978 (n =?); Slowinski 1994 (n = 11); Whitaker and Captain 2004 (n =?); This study (n = 9) |
| B. ceylonicus | 15 | 219-235 (n =?) | 33-40 | undivided | absent | narrow white rings | 15-20 | Boulenger 1890; Wall 1908; this study |
| B. lividus | 15 | 212-225 (n =?) | 37-56 | undivided | absent | black or blackish blue | / | Smits 1943 |
| B. andamanensis | 15 | 193-197 (n =?) | 45-47 | undivided | absent | yellow band | 39-47 | Biswas and Sanyal 1978 |
| B. persicus | 17 | 236-238 (n = 2) | 50-53 | undivided | present | white crossbars | 25 | Abtin et al. 2014 |
| B. sindanus | 17 | 220-237 (n =?) | 45-53 | undivided | absent | white bands | / | Khan 2002 |
| B. walli | 17 | 196-208 (n =?) | 50-55 | undivided | absent | white spots | / | Wall 1907 |
| B. fasciatus | 15 | 217-237 (n> 11) | 33-41 | undivided | absent | yellow band | 19-29 | Yang and Rao 2008; Leviton et al. 2003; and this study |
| B. slowinskii | 15 | 225-230 (n = 7) | 33-41 | divided | absent | narrow white rings | 27-33 | Kuch et al. 2005 (n = 3); Kharin et al. 2011 (n = 3); Smits and Hauser 2019 (n =1) |
| B. bungaroides | 15 | 220-237 (n =?) | 44-51 | divided | absent | white rings | 46-60 | Kuch et al. 2005; Kharin et al. 2011; Smits and Hauser 2019 |
| B. flaviceps | 13 | 193-236 (n =?) | 42-52 | undivided | absent | head red or orange, body not black and white banded | / | Wall 1908; Kuch 2007 |
Abbreviations. - See in Material and methods. Note: In the B. candidus / Bungarus multicinctus complex, the values in parentheses represent the mean and standard deviation, and some specimens are incomplete; we only count complete specimens for certain characteristics.
Notes
Published as part of Chen, Ze-Ning, Shi, Sheng-Chao, Vogel, Gernot, Ding, Li & Shi, Jing-Song, 2021, Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar, pp. 35 in ZooKeys 1025 on page 35, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305
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