Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis, Takara, 1962

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

Elaphe carinata yonaguniensis

Nape or anterior body of neonates/juveniles with pairs of dark marks or cross bands ( Figs. 2D, E ; type I); posterior body of neonates/juveniles sometimes with light brown longitudinal stripes extending onto tail ( Figs. 2D, E ); the posterior half of the body of adults with longitudinal intermittent lines of darkened scale keels ( Fig. 2F ; type II); sides of ventrals in adults and some juveniles darkened; dorsal body scales strongly keeled (except for the outermost row); 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.