A new species of the genus Lycodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Guangxi, China

A new species of colubrid snake, Lycodon cathaya sp. nov., is described based on two adult male specimens collected from Huaping Nature Reserve, Guangxi, southern China. In a phylogenetic analyses, the new species is shown to be a sister taxon to the clade composed of L. futsingensis...

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Main Authors: Jian Wang, Shuo Qi, Zhi-Tong Lyu, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-07-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/53432/download/pdf/