TABLE 2 in Redescription and range extension of Pareas dulongjiangensis Liu, Yang, Rao, Guo & Rao, 2023 (Squamata: Pareidae)

TABLE 2. Comparison of main morphological characters of Pareas dulongjiangensis and its phylogenetically sisterspecies P. kaduri. Refer to the Materials and methods for abbreviations of morphological characters. Bold text indicates interspecific diagnostic characters that can be used to distinguish between the species. SpeciesP. dulongjiangensisP. kaduriSexMalesFemalesMalesFemalesN4231SVL288–390373–377455–550484TAL88–124100–115116–144113TL376–514477–488571–694597TAL/SVL0.31–0.330.27–0.310.23–0.260.23TAL/TL0.23–0.250.21–0.240.18–0.210.19HW/HL0.52–0.620.580.58–0.730.47ED2.48–2.922.62.7–3.53.6SNL2.83–3.364.13.7–3.84.3Frontal1111NS1111INS2222PF1122PF-EyeYesYesYesYesPRO10 or 111PO0 or 10 or 122SO11 or 111SBO1–3111SBO-POYes or noYes or noNoNoLOR1111LOR-EyeYes or noYesNoNoSL6 or 76 or 777IL7 or 87–977CS2 or 3333MT–5/47/6–TEMP2+2 or 32+2 or 32+32+3DSR15-15-1515-15-1515-15-1515-15-15KMD5–9580VSE1–31–311VEN179–183182160–183171SC77–8371–7665–7052CP1111BB53–6452–6056–SourceVogel et al. (2021); Liu et al. (2023a); this studyBhosale et al. (2020)