First report of albinism for Achalinus sheni (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with extended diagnosis of the species Author Xu, Yu-Hao 0000-0001-6094-6680 State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China Author Wang, Shuai State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China Author Ma, Shun Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China & University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China Author Burbrink, Frank T. Department of Herpetology, The American Museum of Natural History, New York NY 10024, USA Author Peng, Li-Fang 0000-0001-9325-7048 State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China Author Huang, Song Anhui Province Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China text ZooKeys 2024 2024-08-06 1209 1 17 journal article 300870 10.3897/zookeys.1209.128944 c4580163-20a4-47cf-bf6c-ccca41ab523c PMC11336387 39175834 923C8E76-D352-42AC-A752-1257B7A562D1
Morphological variation characters in the newly collected Achalinus sheni specimens.
Voucher numberLFR 2023008LFR 2023009LFR 2023010LFR 2024015
Sex♀♂♀♀
SVL341257298354
TL408324355416
TAL67675762
TAL / TL0.1640.2070.1600.149
HL11.49.611.510.8
HW6.65.15.55.8
SL3 + 2 + 13 + 2 + 13 + 2 + 13 + 2 + 1
IL5 / 55 / 55 / 55 / 5
Chin2222
IFL – 1 stChin1 th – 3 rd1 th – 3 rd1 th – 3 rd1 th – 3 rd
Lor1111
LorH1.21.01.30.9
LorL1.71.61.71.6
LorH / LorL0.710.630.760.56
LSBI1.81.31.51.23
LSBP1.61.11.61.32
LSBI / LSBP====
ED1.10.91.11.1
PrO0000
PO0000
TEMP2 + 2 + 3 / 2 + 2 + 32 + 2 + 3 / 2 + 2 + 42 + 2 + 3 / 2 + 2 + 32 + 1 + 4 / 2 + 2 + 4
ATUL1.71.31.71.7
SPO1111
SPOL1.61.31.61.9
SPOL / ATUL0.941.000.941.12
DSR23-23 - 2323-23 - 2323-23 - 2323-23 - 23
VS172167172174
CPentireentireentireentire
SC49594746