Redescription of Plagiopholis styani (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with description of two new species from China Author Cai, Bo 0000-0002-4214-9060 China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China Author Xu, Yuhao 0000-0001-6094-6680 State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China Author Vogel, Gernot 0000-0002-4542-518X Society for South East Asian Herpetology, Im Sand- 3, Heidelberg D- 69115, Germany Author Peng, Lifang 0000-0001-9325-7048 State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China Author Xu, Jinan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1930-8432 Zhejiang Forest Resource Monitoring Center, Hangzhou 310020, China Author Cheng, Lin Jiangxi Wuyishan National Nature Reserve Administration Bureau, Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Shangrao 334500, China Author Liang, Dong Sichuan Mt. Emei Forest Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Leshan 614201, China Author Li, Mingxi China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China & University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China & Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chengdu 610072, China Author Wang, Yingyong State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China Author Ma, Shun https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8611-4550 China-Croatia Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China & University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2025 2025-09-15 101 4 1775 1797 journal article 312305 10.3897/zse.101.152739 896a5bc7-af6e-4161-90de-d7ddaf14f64a 4E1A22E6-CF83-4E5D-94FA-7658DC5B34D8

Table 4. Main morphological characteristics of Plagiopholis acuta sp. nov. obtained from the specimens examined. TH: truncus of the hemipenis.

Voucher Number	QHU 2024009	QHU 2024011	QHU 2024010	QHU 2024044	QHU 2024012
	holotype	paratype	paratype	paratype	/
Source	this study	this study	this study	this study	this study
Location	Xinshao, Hunan	Xinshao, Hunan	Xinshao, Hunan	Xinshao, Hunan	Xinshao, Hunan
Sex	♂	♂	♀	♀	J
SVL	262	284	233	302	79
TAL	51	52	25	43	13
TL	313.00	336.00	258.00	345.00	92.00
TAL / TL	0.16	0.15	0.10	0.12	0.14
TAL / SVL	0.19	0.18	0.11	0.14	0.16
HL	12.8	13.3	11.1	12.6	7.2
HW	7.8	7.5	7.2	8.1	4.1
HW / HL	0.61	0.56	0.65	0.64	0.57
ED	2.12	2.11	1.88	1.93	1.7
MT	18 / 17	17 / 17	15 / 15	15 / 17	/
PRO	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1
PO	2 / 2	2 / 2	2 / 2	2 / 2	2 / 2
Lor	0	0	0	0	0
SL	6 / 6	6 / 6	6 / 6	6 / 6	6 / 6
IL	6 / 6	6 / 6	6 / 6	6 / 6	5 / 4
TEMP	2 + 2 / 2 + 2	2 + 2 / 2 + 2	2 + 2 / 2 + 2	2 + 2 / 2 + 2	2 + 2 / 2 + 2
DSR	15-15 - 15	15-15 - 15	15-15 - 15	15-15 - 15	15-15 - 15
VEN	115	114	115	121	101
SC	30	29	25	24	22
CP	entire	entire	entire	entire	entire
NB	subannular	pentagonal	pentagonal	subannular	subannular
TH	spinulate throughout	spinulate throughout	/	/	/