Achalinus jinggangensis

Achalinus jinggangensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus jinggangensis

Name

Achalinus jinggangensis (Zong & Ma, 1983)

• Holotype: SNHM 82X118, ♀, collected by a local on 17 October 1982.
• Type locality: “Dajing Village, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi, alt. 940m”, China.

Combinations

• Achalinopsis jinggangensis Zong & Ma, 1983: 61 [original combination]
• Achalinus jinggangensis Ota & Toyama, 1989: 597 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Zong, Y. & Ma, J.-F. 1823. A new species of the genus Achalinophis from Jiangxi and the restoration of this genus. (in Chinese with English abstract). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 2(2): 61–63. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 
• Ota, H. & Toyama, M. 1989. Taxonomic re-definition of Achalinus formosanus Boulenger (Xenoderminae: Colubridae: Ophidia), with description of a new subspecies. Copeia 1989(3): 597–602. DOI: 10.2307/1445485 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.T., Pham, A.V., van Schingen, M., Nguyen, T.T. & Le, M.D. 2019. Three new species of the snake genus Achalinus from Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa 4590(2): 249–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.3 . Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Achalinus jinggangensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
• Wang, Y., Lau, M. & Zhou, Z. 2014. IUCN: Achalinus jinggangensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T176325A1438907. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176325A1438907.en

Vernacular names

English: Zong's Odd-scaled Snake