taxonID	type	description	language	source
28D8051FD2115DED873A5C44B4A3FDEA.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3	en	Liu, Shuo, Hou, Mian, Cai, Bo, Li, Shimin, Zhang, Zhongxu, Yu, Rui, Rao, Dingqi, Zhang, Liang (2023): Taxonomic status of Lycodon subcinctus sensu lato in China (Serpentes, Colubridae). Herpetozoa 36: 307-316, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206
28D8051FD2115DED873A5C44B4A3FDEA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body size relatively small, slender; 17 - 17 - 15 dorsal scale rows; eight supralabials, 3 rd- 5 th or 3 rd- 6 th contacting eye; 8 - 9 infralabials; no preocular; prefrontal contacting eye; two postoculars; one loreal contacting eye; one anterior temporal and two posterior temporals in most individuals; ventral scales less than 205; subcaudal scales more than 70, paired; cloacal plate divided; dorsal scale feebly keeled; anterior part of head dark grey or black; posterior lateral parts of head white in juveniles and dark gray or grayish black in adults; 20 - 27 distinct white bands on dorsal body and tail in juveniles; 5 - 8 grayish white bands gradually blur backward on anterior part of body in adults; no bands on posterior part of body and tail in adults.	en	Liu, Shuo, Hou, Mian, Cai, Bo, Li, Shimin, Zhang, Zhongxu, Yu, Rui, Rao, Dingqi, Zhang, Liang (2023): Taxonomic status of Lycodon subcinctus sensu lato in China (Serpentes, Colubridae). Herpetozoa 36: 307-316, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206
28D8051FD2115DED873A5C44B4A3FDEA.taxon	materials_examined	Other specimens examined. We examined eight specimens in Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIZ) and two specimens in Museum of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIZ CIB). KIZ 2009061301, adult male, from Tian'e County, Hechi City, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (Exact locality unknown); KIZ 20190902, adult female, from Leyi Village, Chuanshan Town, Huanjiang County, Hechi City, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (25 ° 5 ' 56 " N, 108 ° 0 ' 9 " E, at an elevation of 570 m); KIZ 2023029, adult female, from Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China (23 ° 5 ' 45 " N, 113 ° 16 ' 52 " E, at an elevation of 200 m); KIZ 2023030, adult female, from Hanjiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province, China (Exact locality unknown); KIZ 2023031, adult male, from Menglun Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (21 ° 56 ' 9 " N, 101 ° 15 ' 10 " E, at an elevation of 550 m); KIZ 2023032, adult male, from Luohu District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China (22 ° 34 ' 7 " N, 114 ° 14 ' 9 " E, at an elevation of 240 m); KIZ 2023034, adult male, from Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (Exact locality unknown); KIZ 2023044, juvenile, from Xiegang Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China (22 ° 54 ' 20 " N, 114 ° 14 ' 19 " E, at an elevation of 260 m); and KIZ CIB 78124 and KIZ CIB 9820, two adult females, both from Sanya City, Hainan Province, China (Exact locality unknown) (Fig. 4).	en	Liu, Shuo, Hou, Mian, Cai, Bo, Li, Shimin, Zhang, Zhongxu, Yu, Rui, Rao, Dingqi, Zhang, Liang (2023): Taxonomic status of Lycodon subcinctus sensu lato in China (Serpentes, Colubridae). Herpetozoa 36: 307-316, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206
28D8051FD2115DED873A5C44B4A3FDEA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Lycodon maculatus comb. nov. is currently known to be distributed in southern China and Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. As Nakhon Ratchasima is located in central southern Thailand and the nearest confirmed distribution site of Lycodon maculatus comb. nov. is in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China, it can be assumed that the species is likely to occur in the area between Nakhon Ratchasima and Xishuangbanna, specifically in northern Thailand and central and northern Laos. In addition, it is likely that the population in northern Vietnam, previously considered to be L. subcinctus, also belongs to Lycodon maculatus comb. nov.	en	Liu, Shuo, Hou, Mian, Cai, Bo, Li, Shimin, Zhang, Zhongxu, Yu, Rui, Rao, Dingqi, Zhang, Liang (2023): Taxonomic status of Lycodon subcinctus sensu lato in China (Serpentes, Colubridae). Herpetozoa 36: 307-316, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e114206
