Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar Author Chen, Ze-Ning https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-7776 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China & Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541001, China Author Shi, Sheng-Chao https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-6572 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China Author Vogel, Gernot https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4542-518X Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Im Sand 3, Heidelberg D- 69115, Germany Author Ding, Li https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2559-5755 Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China dingli@cib.ac.cn Author Shi, Jing-Song https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9168-1734 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China shijingsong@ivpp.ac.cn text ZooKeys 2021 2021-03-18 1025 35 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 1313-2970-1025-35 1AB94895532E49989D63BDD5DAC8F321 ED8CE7C82F1F5D2EB751F7861A64A53B

Table 1. Comparison of main morphological characters in the Bungarus species.

Species	DSR	VEN	NSC	SC	Loreal	Dorsal body pattern	BB	Reference
Abbreviations. - See in Material and methods. Note: In the B. candidus / Bungarus multicinctus complex, the values in parentheses represent the mean and standard deviation, and some specimens are incomplete; we only count complete specimens for certain characteristics.
B. candidus	15	209-224	41-50	undivided	absent	white bands	18-26	This study
		(215.2 +/- 3.8 n = 18)	(46.2 +/- 2.1 n = 17)				(21.4 +/- 1.8 n = 19)
B. wanghaotingi	15	209-259	32-64	undivided	absent	white bands	18-33	This study (n = 16); Yang and Rao 2008 (n = 10); Pope 1928 (n = 1)
		(230.4 +/- 12.3 n = 23)	(51.1 +/- 6.4 n = 22)				(25.1 +/- 3.2 n = 27)
B. multicinctus	15	196-236	38-58	undivided	absent	white bands	31-50	This study
		(214.1 +/- 8.9 n = 24)	(47.1 +/- 4.9 n = 23)				(39.3 +/- 4.7 n = 24)
B. suzhenae sp. nov.	15	220-229	51-54	undivided	absent	white bands	26-38	This study
		(223 +/- 4.1 n = 4)	(53 +/- 1.5 n = 3)				(39.3 +/- 4.7 n = 4)
B. magnimaculatus	15	214-235 (n =?)	40-48	undivided	absent	broad, white bands	11-14	Leviton et al. 2003
B. niger	15	216-231 (n =?)	47-57	undivided	absent	body black	/	Wall 1908
B. caeruleus	15	200-217 (n> 20)	33-54	undivided	absent	white bands (in pairs)	29-65	Biswas and Sanyal 1978 (n =?); Slowinski 1994 (n = 11); Whitaker and Captain 2004 (n =?); This study (n = 9)
B. ceylonicus	15	219-235 (n =?)	33-40	undivided	absent	narrow white rings	15-20	Boulenger 1890; Wall 1908; this study
B. lividus	15	212-225 (n =?)	37-56	undivided	absent	black or blackish blue	/	Smits 1943
B. andamanensis	15	193-197 (n =?)	45-47	undivided	absent	yellow band	39-47	Biswas and Sanyal 1978
B. persicus	17	236-238 (n = 2)	50-53	undivided	present	white crossbars	25	Abtin et al. 2014
B. sindanus	17	220-237 (n =?)	45-53	undivided	absent	white bands	/	Khan 2002
B. walli	17	196-208 (n =?)	50-55	undivided	absent	white spots	/	Wall 1907
B. fasciatus	15	217-237 (n> 11)	33-41	undivided	absent	yellow band	19-29	Yang and Rao 2008; Leviton et al. 2003; and this study
B. slowinskii	15	225-230 (n = 7)	33-41	divided	absent	narrow white rings	27-33	Kuch et al. 2005 (n = 3); Kharin et al. 2011 (n = 3); Smits and Hauser 2019 (n =1)
B. bungaroides	15	220-237 (n =?)	44-51	divided	absent	white rings	46-60	Kuch et al. 2005; Kharin et al. 2011; Smits and Hauser 2019
B. flaviceps	13	193-236 (n =?)	42-52	undivided	absent	head red or orange, body not black and white banded	/	Wall 1908; Kuch 2007