A new snake species of the genus <i>Gonyosoma</i> Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China

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A new species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 is described herein based on six specimens from the Diaoluoshan Mountains, Hainan Island, Hainan Province, China. The new species, Gonyosoma hainanense sp. nov., is most similar to its continental sister species, Gonyosoma boulengeri ( Mocquard, 1897). Both taxa have a scaled protrusion on the anterior portion of the rostrum, distinct from other congeners. However, Gonyosoma hainanense sp. nov. can be distinguished from G. boulengeri by two significant morphological characters: (1) black orbital stripe absent in adults (vs. present in G. boulengeri); and (2) two loreals (vs. one loreal in G. boulengeri). The new species is also genetically divergent and forms a unique clade from its sister species and all other congeners based on sequences of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome b (cyt b).

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Song Huang

Ji-Chao Wang

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Zool Res

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Zool Res

Journal ID (publisher-id): ZR

Title: Zoological Research

Publisher: Science Press (16 Donghuangchenggen Beijie, Beijing 100717, China )

ISSN (Print): 2095-8137

Publication date (Print): 18 July 2021

Volume: 42

Issue: 4

Pages: 487-491

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[1 ] Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China

[2 ] Huangshan Noah Biodiversity Institute, Huangshan, Anhui 245000, China

[3 ] Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 10024, USA

[4 ] College of Continuing Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610068, China

[5 ] Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan 571158, China

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E-mail: snakeman@ 123456ahnu.edu.cn

wjc@ 123456hainnu.edu.cn

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Publisher ID: zr-42-4-487

DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.085

PMC ID: 8317179

PubMed ID: 34235897

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Date received : 17 March 2021

Date accepted : 5 July 2021

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This study was funded by the Postdoctoral Research Program of the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Anhui Province (2020B422), Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University (752017), Open Foundation of Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands (HNSF-OP-202001), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471968)

A new snake species of the genus Gonyosoma Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Hainan Island, China

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