A new species of the Achalinus rufescens complex (Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Fujian Province, China Author Li, Ke 0000-0001-9695-4236 College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China. & Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China. 905853209@qq.com Author Wu, Ya-Yong 0000-0003-2752-4085 Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China. Author Xu, Rui-Ying 0000-0001-6183-1877 Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China. r-yxu@qq.com Author Zhu, Fei 0000-0002-1570-2967 Collegel of Life Science, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025, China. Author Ren, Jin-Long 0000-0003-4896-7600 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China. renjl@cib.ac.cn Author Guo, Peng 0000-0001-5585-292X Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, China. Author Dong, Bing- Jun 0000-0001-8727-401X College of Life Sciences, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, China. dongbingjun@synu.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2021 2021-08-25 5026 2 239 254 journal article 311106 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.5 223dc287-9298-4568-baf3-9d4afdc3d583 1175-5326 5271649 823DA8CA-9F68-444A-8460-AADAD671D74F

TABLE 4. Measurements, scale counts and body proportions of Achalinus dehuaensis sp. nov..

	CIB 8101 (Paratype)	CIB 8100 (Paratype)	LAB 2020039 (Paratype)	CIB 8099 (Paratype)	CIB 8102 (Paratype)	YBU 13013 (Holotype)
Sex	M	M	M	F	F	M
SVL	232	265	253	251	245	225
TaL	83	58+	90	65	68	90
TaL/TL	26%	broken tail	26%	21%	22%	29%
M a x i l l a r y teeth	33	30	31	/	/	/
Internasal	2	2	2	2	2	2
Prefontal	2	2	2	2	2	2
LSBI>LSBP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Frontal	2	1	1	1	2	1
SPL	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6
Chin shields	3/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2
IFL	5/5	5/5	5/5	5/5	6/5	5/5
IFL–1 stChin	1st–3rd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd	1st–3rd
Loreal	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
aTMP	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2
mTMP	3/3	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	3/3
pTMP	4/4	3/4	3/4	3/4	3/3	4/4
aTMP–eye	2/1upper	1upper/1upper	2/2	2/2	2/1upper	1upper/1upper
SPO	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	2/1	2/1
DSR	23–23–23	23–23–23	23–23–23	23–23–23	23–23–23	23–23–23
VS	147+2	144+2	142+2	154+2	152+2	143+2
SC	78	50+	74	63	65	81