Achalinus ningshanensis

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Familia: Xenodermidae
Genus: Achalinus
Species: Achalinus ningshanensis

Name

Achalinus ningshanensis Yang, Huang, Jiang, Burbrink & Huang in Yang et al., 2022: 133

• Holotype: ANU 20220001 (field number JK0917), adult ♀, collected by the team of Ke Jiang in summer of 2008.
• Type locality: “Xunyangba Town (33.5434 N, 108.5439 E, 1372 m a.s.l.), Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Yang, D.-C., Huang, R.-Y., Jiang, K., Burbrink, F.T., Gong, Y.-A., Yu, J., Zhang, Y., Huang, T.-Q. & Huang, S. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China. Zootaxa 5190(1): 127–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Achalinus ningshanensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 Deecember 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Ningshan Odd-scaled Snake