Cyclophiops major

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 7

Cyclophiops major

Dorsal body with scattered, dark small spots in neonates ( Fig. 1J ) and without markings ( Fig. 2A ) in juveniles and adults; dorsal scales of at least anterior part of body smooth; anal scale divided.

Figures

Fig. 1. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body (at a position about two head lengths posterior to the head), middle body, and posterior body (at a position about two head lengths anterior to the vent) of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Achalinus formosanus formosanus (not patterned; adult); (B) A. niger (not patterned; adult); (C) Amphiesma stolatum (patterned; adult); (D) Boiga kraepelini (patterned; adult); (E) B. kraepelini (not patterned; adult); (F) Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus (patterned; juvenile); (G) B. m. multicinctus (not-patterned but tinted with gray; adult); (H) B. m. multicinctus (not patterned; adult); (I) Calamaria pavimentata pavimentata (not patterned; adult); (J) Cyclophiops major (patterned; neonate). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.

Fig. 2. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Cyclophiops major (not patterned; adult); (B) Daboia siamensis (patterned; adult); (C) Deinagkistrodon acutus (patterned; adult); (D) Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis (patterned-type I; neonate); (E) E. c. yonaguniensis (patterned-type I; juvenile); (F) E. c. yonaguniensis (patterned-type II; adult); (G) E. taeniurus friesi (patterned-type I; juvenile); (H) E. t. friesi (patterned-type II; adult); (I) Euprepiophis mandarinus (patterned-type I; adult); (J) E. mandarinus (patterned-type II; adult). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.