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    Species Accepted

    Plagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899)

    Chinese Mountain Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Plagiopholis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Chinese Mountain Snake English
      福建頸斑蛇 Chinese
      福建颈斑蛇 Chinese
      頸斑蛇 Chinese

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      22 results
      Cai B, Xu Y, Vogel G, Peng L, Xu J, Cheng L, Liang D, Li M, Wang Y, & Ma S. (2025). Redescription of Plagiopholis styani (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with description of two new species from China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(4): 1775-1797.
      Inger R F, Zhao E, Bradley Shaffer H, & Guanfu Wu. (1990). Report on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from Sichuan, China. Fieldiana: Zoology (No. 58) : I-Iii, 1-24.
      Ding, HAN BO, and JI ZHENG. (1974). Snakes of Fujian Province (in Chinese). Publ. Dept. Biol. Fujian Nor-Mal Univ., Fuzhou. (6), 93, (1) Pages.
      Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che. (2020). The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218.
      Liu S, Luo Z, Xiao X, Peng C, Zhang D, & Li S. (2025). Re-discovery and re-description of the true Plagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899) (Serpentes, Pseudoxenodontidae), with the taxonomic status of the populations previously considered as P. styani. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: E151488.
      Zhao, E. M. (2006). The snakes of China [in Chinese]. Hefei, China, Anhui Sience & Technology Publ. House, Vol. I, 372 Pp., Vol. II (Color Plates), 280 Pp.
      Boulenger, GEORGE A. (1899). On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Mr. J. D. La Touche in N.W. Fokien, China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1899: 159-172.
      Beolens, B., & Michael Watkins, a. M. G. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
      Fu, C., Fan, H., Zhao, T., & Zong, H. (2021). The complete mitochondrial genome of Plagiopholis styani (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 6(10), 3044-3045.
      Mell, R. (1931). List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Sci. Jour., Canton, 8 [1929]: 199-219.

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