Bungarus suzhenae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Bungarus suzhenae Chen, Shi, Vogel, Ding & Shi, 2021: 51

Holotype: CIB 116088, subadult ♂, collected by Ding Li in 2017.
Type locality: “from a road through rice fields in Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China (97.584451, 24.662632, 922 m A.S.L.)”.
Paratypes (3): CIB 116089, adult ♂, “24.466941°N, 97.648691°E, 934 m A.S.L.”, CIB 116090, adult ♀, “24.634715°N, 97.762291°E, 1559 m A.S.L.”, and CIB 116091, sub-adult ♂, from “Yingjiang County (24.560296°N, 97.827170°E, 798 m A.S.L.)”.

Chen, Z.-N., Shi, S.-C., Vogel, G., Ding, L. & Shi, J.-S. 2021. Multiple lines of evidence reveal a new species of Krait (Squamata, Elapidae, Bungarus) from Southwestern China and Northern Myanmar. ZooKeys 1025: 35–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1025.62305 Reference page.

English: Suzhen’s Krait