. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 2. Ventral view of preserved holotype of Lycodon syn- aptor sp. n., BMNH from Dongchuan, 100 "km north of Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of Chi- na. Photograph by Gemot Vogel. Paratype. MNHN , adult female (tail dissect- ed), from "Tongchuan Fu, Chine", at present Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Collected by W. F. H. Rosenberg on 21st July 1905. Diagnosis. A species of the genus Lycodon characterized by: (1) loreal scale not entering orbit; (2) 15-17 dorsal scale rows at the fore
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Fig. 2. Ventral view of preserved holotype of Lycodon syn- aptor sp. n., BMNH from Dongchuan, 100 "km north of Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of Chi- na. Photograph by Gemot Vogel. Paratype. MNHN , adult female (tail dissect- ed), from "Tongchuan Fu, Chine", at present Dongchuan, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Collected by W. F. H. Rosenberg on 21st July 1905. Diagnosis. A species of the genus Lycodon characterized by: (1) loreal scale not entering orbit; (2) 15-17 dorsal scale rows at the forepart of the body and 17 dorsal scale rows at midbody; (3) upper and vertebral dorsal rows (6-7) keeled; (4) 201-203 ventrals in females, males un- known; (5) 68-69 Sc in females, males unknown; (6) a relative tail length of about in females, males unknown; (7) 8 supralabials with SL4-6 touching the or- bit (7) 30-31 narrow white bands on a dark body; (8) width of the first band vertebral scales, on the base 3 ventrals; and (9) the belly with discreet bands through- Fig. 3. Lateral view of the right side of the head of preserved holotype of Lycodon synaptor sp. n., BMNH from Dongchuan, 100 km north of Kunming, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China. Photograph by Gemot Vogel. The new species can be recognized by the combination of the loreal scale not entering orbit (entering in L. fas- ciatus sensu stricto), its narrow dorsal bands, with the first band starting at ventral 5-9 (more irregular in L. fascia- tus [Fig. 4] and species of the L. ruhstrati group, where they usually start later) and the dark throat, which usual- ly is light in other species of the L. fasciatus group and the L. ruhstrati group. Most other characters match with Lycodon fasciatus. Detailed comparisons with other species of the genus Ly- codon appear below in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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