Bella Rat Snake (Maculophis bellus) Found Again in Mangshan Mountain of Hunan Province, China
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    A juvenile snake of the family Colubridae was collected in Hunan Mangshan National Nature Reserve on April 20, 2013. Based on its morphological characters, the snake was identified as Bella Rat Snake (Maculophis bellus), which is the second record of this species in Hunan Province. The first record of M. bellus in Hunan Province was reported in 1982. The specimen of the snake was kept in Mangshan Nature Museum. This new record provides further information on the morphology and distribution range of this species.

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CHEN Yuan-Hui, GONG Shi-Ping, YANG Guang-Da, WANG Fu-Min. 2014. Bella Rat Snake (Maculophis bellus) Found Again in Mangshan Mountain of Hunan Province, China. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 49(3): 464.

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  • Received:February 18,2014
  • Revised:April 25,2014
  • Adopted:April 25,2014
  • Online: May 22,2014
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