Euprepiophis mandarinus (Cantor, 1842)

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

Euprepiophis mandarinus

Dorsal head with 2-3 broad, black crossbands; dorsal body with a series of light-centered saddles ( Fig. 2I ; type I) or a series of curved and paired spots ( Fig. 2J ; type II); sides of some ventrals usually darkened; body scales smooth (or occasionally feebly keeled); anal scale divided.

Figures

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.