A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854)
A new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler is described from Yunnan Province, China. The new species closely resembles G. prasinum (Blyth), but it is differentiated from the latter species by the following characters: precloacal plate divided, iris blue and inside of mouth greyish-white in life. Ba...
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| author | Shuo Liu Mian Hou Ye Htet Lwin Qiaoyan Wang Dingqi Rao |
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| description | A new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler is described from Yunnan Province, China. The new species closely resembles G. prasinum (Blyth), but it is differentiated from the latter species by the following characters: precloacal plate divided, iris blue and inside of mouth greyish-white in life. Based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data, the new species is recovered as the sister species to G. prasinum by Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood analyses. The uncorrected pairwise distance between the new species and other species of the genus Gonyosoma ranged from 11.78% to 17.07% calculated using the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence. This discovery increases the number of Gonyosoma species to seven. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc7a3390454b442d994665b9b1a816832022-12-22T02:57:00ZengPensoft PublishersEvolutionary Systematics2535-07302021-06-015112913910.3897/evolsyst.5.6657466574A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854)Shuo Liu0Mian Hou1Ye Htet Lwin2Qiaoyan Wang3Dingqi Rao4Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesSichuan Normal UniversitySoutheast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of SciencesResearch Institute of Xishuangbanna National Nature ReserveKunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesA new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler is described from Yunnan Province, China. The new species closely resembles G. prasinum (Blyth), but it is differentiated from the latter species by the following characters: precloacal plate divided, iris blue and inside of mouth greyish-white in life. Based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data, the new species is recovered as the sister species to G. prasinum by Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood analyses. The uncorrected pairwise distance between the new species and other species of the genus Gonyosoma ranged from 11.78% to 17.07% calculated using the mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence. This discovery increases the number of Gonyosoma species to seven.https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/66574/download/pdf/ |
| spellingShingle | Shuo Liu Mian Hou Ye Htet Lwin Qiaoyan Wang Dingqi Rao A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) Evolutionary Systematics |
| title | A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) |
| title_full | A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) |
| title_fullStr | A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) |
| title_short | A new species of Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Colubridae), previously confused with G. prasinum (Blyth, 1854) |
| title_sort | new species of gonyosoma wagler 1828 serpentes colubridae previously confused with g prasinum blyth 1854 |
| url | https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/66574/download/pdf/ |
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