Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus <i>Hebius</i> Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of <i>Hebius septemlineatus</i> (Schmidt, 1925)

Shao-Bing Hou; Zhi-Yong Yuan; Ping-Fan Wei; Gui-Gang Zhao; Gao-Hui Liu; Yun-He Wu; Wen-Jing Shen; Jin-Min Chen; Peng Guo; Jing Che

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Shao-Bing Hou, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Ping-Fan Wei, Gui-Gang Zhao, Gao-Hui Liu, Yun-He Wu, Wen-Jing Shen, Jin-Min Chen, Peng Guo, Jing Che. Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925). Zoological Research, 2021, 42(5): 620-625. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093

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Shao-Bing Hou, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Ping-Fan Wei, Gui-Gang Zhao, Gao-Hui Liu, Yun-He Wu, Wen-Jing Shen, Jin-Min Chen, Peng Guo, Jing Che. Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925). Zoological Research, 2021, 42(5): 620-625. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093

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Shao-Bing Hou, Zhi-Yong Yuan, Ping-Fan Wei, Gui-Gang Zhao, Gao-Hui Liu, Yun-He Wu, Wen-Jing Shen, Jin-Min Chen, Peng Guo, Jing Che. Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925). Zoological Research, 2021, 42(5): 620-625. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093

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Molecular phylogeny and morphological comparisons of the genus Hebius Thompson, 1913 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) uncover a new taxon from Yunnan Province, China, and support revalidation of Hebius septemlineatus (Schmidt, 1925)

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.093

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State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution State, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Kunming College of Life Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650204, China
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Key Laboratory for Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
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Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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Faculty of Agriculture, Forest and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, Sichuan 644007, China

Funds: This work was supported by the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP) Program (2019QZKK0501), Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (2019HJ2096001006), Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (XDA20050201), Digitalization, Development and Application of Biotic Resource (202002AA100007), Sciences and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2020YFSY0033) and State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS (GREKF 19-02), and Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, CAS (Large Research Infrastructure Funding)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: ybguop@163.com; chej@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Received Date: 2021-05-26
Accepted Date: 2021-08-17

Published Online: 2021-08-18

Publish Date: 2021-09-18

Abstract

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Hebius and provide evidence for the validity of H. septemlineatus comb. nov. . Morphological and molecular analyses of Hebius specimens collected in Yunnan Province, China, revealed three distinct lineages, namely the newly described Hebius weixiensis sp. nov. , as well as H. octolineatus (Boulenger, 1904), and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. (Schmidt 1925), which is removed from synonymy with H. octolineatus. Based on mitochondrial genealogy, Hebius weixiensis sp. nov. is sister to H. septemlineatus comb. nov. , while H. octolineatus is sister to H. bitaeniatus. The new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. showed considerable genetic divergence from their recognized congeners (uncorrected P-distance ≥3.9%). Furthermore, the new species and H. septemlineatus comb. nov. can be diagnosed from closely related congeners by a combination of pholidosis characters.
- Cryptic diversity,
- Yunnan,
- Molecular phylogeny,
- Morphology,
- Serpentes

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