Plagiopholis maculosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Pseudoxenodontinae
Genus: Plagiopholis
Species: Plagiopholis maculosa

Name

Plagiopholis maculosa Qi, Song, Yang, Xu, Fang, Su & Wang in Qi et al., 2025: 2174

• Holotype: SYS r002979, adult ♀, collected by Rui-Jian Fang and Jun-Rong Su on 23 June 2025.
• Type locality: “Tianjingshan National Forest Park (24.687856°N, 113.033517°E; ca 680 m a.s.l.), Nanling National Nature Reserve, Ruyuan County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China”.

References

Primary references

• Qi, S., Song, H.-M., Yang, H.-C., Xu, Y.-H., Fang, R.-J., Su, J.-R., Liu, Z.-F., Gong, Y.-N., Li, F.-H., Lyu, C.-H., Wang, B.-Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2025. A new species of Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae) from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 2171–2180. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.172706 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Nanling Mountain Snake