Liu Shuo, Wang JiShan, Hou Mian, Wang Mo, Rao Dingqi
Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming China.
Biodivers Data J. 2025 Aug 22;13:e161176. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e161176. eCollection 2025.
The enigmatic odd-scaled snake Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds & Nguyen, 2020, was described, based on only one male specimen from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. To date, no other specimen was reported, except for the holotype and this species was considered to be endemic to Vietnam.
Based on one specimen collected from Malipo County, Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China, we provide the first record of from China. The specimen from China agrees well with the original morphological description of the species and has a minor genetic distance of 2.9% in the COI gene with the type specimen of this species. This study reports the second specimen and the first female specimen of this species. We also provide an updated diagnosis of this species combined with the morphological data of the newly-collected specimen.
神秘的奇鳞蛇（Miller, Davis, Luong, Do, Pham, Ziegler, Lee, De Queiroz, Reynolds & Nguyen, 2020）是根据越南北方河江省的仅一个雄性标本描述的。迄今为止，除了正模标本外，没有其他标本被报道，该物种被认为是越南特有的。
基于在中国云南省文山州麻栗坡县采集的一个标本，我们提供了该物种在中国的首次记录。来自中国的标本与该物种的原始形态描述非常吻合，在细胞色素氧化酶亚基I（COI）基因上与该物种的模式标本有2.9%的微小遗传距离。本研究报道了该物种的第二个标本以及首个雌性标本。我们还结合新采集标本的形态数据对该物种进行了更新的诊断。
