Discovery of a new cryptic Achalinus Peters, 1869 (Serpentes, Xenodermidae) species from Hunan Province, China
A new species, Achalinus sheni sp. nov., from central Hunan Province is described, based on the results of molecular systematics and morphological characters according to five specimens. Our molecular phylogeny inferred from the mitochondrial CO1 gene fragment revealed that this new species is most...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-09-01
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| Series: | ZooKeys |
| Online Access: | https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/109462/download/pdf/ |