Confirmation of Distribution of Twin-spotted Wolf Snake,Lycodon jara(Shaw,1802)(Serpentes,Colubridae)in China,with Detailed Morphological Description  

作　　者：Tierui ZHANG Li DING Xinge WANG Frank T.BURBRINK Song HUANG Zhihao JIANG Zhangbo CUI Zicheng SU Beibei HE Ruyi HUANG Jinmin CHEN 

机构地区：[1]The Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Conservation and Ecological Security in the Yangtze River Basin,College of Life Sciences,Anhui Normal University,Wuhu 241000,Anhui,China [2]Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Chengdu 610213,Sichuan,China [3]Department of Herpetology,American Museum of Natural History,New York 10024,USA [4]College of Fisheries and Life Science,Shanghai Ocean University,Shanghai 201306,China

出　　处：《Asian Herpetological Research》2024年第4期225-231,共7页亚洲两栖爬行动物研究(英文版)

基　　金：supported by the Key Research and Development Projects of Science and Technology Program of Xizang Autonomous Region(XZ202301ZY0036G);Doctoral Research Starting Foundation of Anhui Normal University(752017);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471968;32470458)。

摘　　要：Lycodon(Boie,1826)is a genus of colubrid snakes widely distributed in south,south-east and east Asia comprising 84 species with 22 reported in China.In this study,we identify a unique Lycodon specimen(voucher No.ANU20230057)from Yingjiang County,Yunnan Province,China.A phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial cytochrome b(Cyt b),showed that this specimen formed a monophyletic clade with high nodal supports(BPP=1.00;BS=100)with a specimen of Lycodon jara,a colubrid species mainly distributed in the northern and northeastern region of south Asia.Morphological comparisons also showed that this specimen belongs to L.jara.This discovery confirms the distribution of L.jara in China and expands the range of this species to the south edge of Gaoligong Mountains,and provides the first detailed morphological description of L.jara from China thus increasing the number of Lycodon species in China to 23.

关 键 词：Gaoligong Mountains Lycodon voucher record Yingjiang County 

分 类 号：Q959.6[生物学—动物学]