Discovery of Protobothrops maolanensis in Guangxi, with Taxonomic Discussion
Author of the article:CHEN Tian-bo1, LUO Jian2, MENG Yuan-jun1, WEN Bo-hao4, JIANG Ke3*
Author's Workplace：(1. Management Bureau of Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Longzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 532400, China; 2. Institute of Biology, Chongqing Tsinghua High School, Chongqing 400054, China; 3. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China; 4. Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Hong Kong, China)
Key Words： Guangxi; new record; Protobothrops maolanensis; taxonomy; Protobothrops trungkhanhensis
Abstract：2 males of Protobothrops maolanensis Yang, Orlov and Wang, 2011 were collected from Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Longzhou County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in October 2011. The two specimens were identified to Protobothrops maolanensis, but some characters are intermediate between P. maolanensis and P. trungkhanhensis Orlov, Ryabov and Nguyen, 2009, indicated that the taxonomy of P. maolanensis and P. trungkhanhensis should be studied further.