Pareas formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1909)

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 12

Pareas formosensis

Body generally without markings; body scales smooth ( Fig. 6C ); vertebral scales slightly larger than neighboring dorsal scales; head without mental groove and with one slender subocular; anal scale entire.

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.