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Achalinus Formosanus Formosanus Full Body Shot
''Achalinus'' (common name: odd-scaled snakes) is a genus of harmless snakes in the family Xenodermidae. Species of the genus are found in China, Japan, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. Ten species are recognized as being valid. ''Achalinus'' was previously placed in Colubridae (along with other xenodermids). The nickname "odd-scaled" is because their dorsal scales do not overlap one another as in most snakes, but instead are spread out and lie individually similar to pieces of a puzzle. Odd-scaled snakes are known to be burrowers that crawl below the fallen leaves of the forest. Species ''*) Not including the Nominotypical subspecies, nominate subspecies.'' ''Nota bene'': A taxon author (Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Achalinus''. References Xenodermidae Snakes of Japan Snakes of Asia Snake genera Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achalinus Formosanus
''Achalinus formosanus'', common name Formosan odd-scaled snake or Taiwan burrowing snake, is a non-venomous snake in family XenodermidaeIn earlier classifications sometimes still in use, subfamily Xenodermatinae, family Colubridae. See e.g. that is found in Taiwan and in the southern Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Taxonomy There are two subspecies: * ''Achalinus formosanus formosanus'' George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1908 — Taiwan * ''Achalinus formosanus chigirai'' Hidetoshi Ota, Ota and Masanao Toyama, Toyama, 1989 — Ryukyu Islands Specific name (zoology), Specific name ''formosanus'' means "from Formosa", referring to the fact that this species was first species description, described from a specimen from Taiwan. ''chigirai'' refers to Yoshinori Chigira, who collected the first specimen of ''Achalinus formosanus chigirai''. ''Achalinus formosanus formosanus'' is ecologically and morphologically similar to the Taiwan endemic ''Achalinus niger''; the two differ in some scale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
