TABLE 3 in A new species of wolf snake Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 from China and Myanmar (Squamata: Colubridae), and new data on Lycodon gongshan Vogel & Luo, 2011

TABLE 3. Comparison of morphological characters between Lycodon latifasciatus sp. nov., L. fasciatus, and L. gongshan. Data presented for L. gongshan refers to the typical color morphotype, with exception for characters written in brackets with an asterisk symbol next to them, which refer to the second color morph reported by Huang et al. (2021). CharacterLycodon latifasciatusLycodon fasciatusLycodon gongshanTaL/TotalL0.21–0.23 [0.219±0.009]0. 19–0. 22 [0. 206±0. 008]0.21–0.27 [0.230±0.019]VEN206–216 [209.6±3.4]197–213 [206.1±4.6]203–216 [210.7±3.4]SC90–96 [93.0±2.3]74–90 [81. 8±3. 6]79–96 [88.4±6.5]TOTAL297–312 [302.6±5.1]278–302 [288. 9±5. 7]286–312 [300.1±8.9]SCR0.30–0.31 [0.307±0.004]0. 26–0. 30 [0. 283±0. 011]0.27–0.31 [0.294±0.014]IL8–9 [rarely 7]9–10 [rarely 8]8 [rarely 9]IL-CS5/5 [rarely 4/5 or 5/4]5/5 [rarely 4/4, 4/5 or 5/6]4/4 [rarely 4/5]BB29–36 [32.6±2.8]28–43 [32.3±3.7]26–46 [*67] [35.9±5.6]TB13–21 [16.3±2.4]10–20 [15.5±2.4]9–16 [*28] [13.1±2.8]FB4.0–11.0 [7.50±2.95]5.0–18.0 [10.91±3.37]4.0–9.0 [6.10±1.52]BaB5.0–8.0 [6.83±1.17]4.0–14.0 [7.69±2.56]3. 0–6. 0 [3. 90±0. 97]BV2.0–4.0 [2.58±0.74]1.0–3.5 [2.29±0.69]1. 0–2. 0 [1. 14±0. 32]Head colorVariable, orange brown, dark brown or black, supralabial spots distinctVariable, dark brown or black, supralabial spots distinctBlack, supralabial spots absent or indistinct below eyeColor of light bandsOrange or orange brown, consistent anteriorly and posteriorlyVariable, light, reddish or orange brown anteriorly and posteriorlyVariable, white anteriorly, orange or light brown [*olive brown and black]Ventral colorationBanded, spots usually present posteriorlyBanded, spots usually present posteriorlyBanded, spots very reduced [*spotting throughout]SourcesThis studyVogel et al. (2024); this studyVogel & Luo (2011); Chen et al. (2018); Huang et al. (2021); this study