Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri stejnegeri, Barbour, 1908

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 15

Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri stejnegeri

Upper body with (alternating) squarish blotches or striped markings ( Fig. 6H ), or not patterned ( Fig. 6I ); a stripe extending posteriorly from eye or a chevron on nape with its apex pointing toward the head occasionally present; ventrals on anterior part of body usually with dark spots; upper body scales keeled and dorsolateral body scales strongly oblique, at least on anterior body; anal scale divided.

Figures

Fig. 6. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Ovophis makazayazaya (not patterned; adult); (B) Pareas atayal (not patterned; adult); (C) P. formosensis (not patterned; adult); (D) P. komaii (not patterned; adult); (E) Plagiopholis styani (patterned; adult); (F) Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (patterned; adult); (G) Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi (patterned; adult); (H) Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri stejnegeri (patterned; adult); (I) P. s. stejnegeri (not patterned; adult); (J) Ptyas dhumnades (patterned-type I; juvenile). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.