taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E987BED126FF90FC80FAA8FA59980B.taxon	description	- Two scales contacting posterior edge of nasal between second supralabial and prefrontal ............................ Liotyphlops ternetzii	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED126FF96FC80F9CFFCF599EA.taxon	description	2. Proteroglyphous dentition, absence of loreal scale, short maxila; coral-like colouration (dorsal colour pattern with black, red and white rings) ..................................................................... Elapidae - Aglyphous or opisthoglyphous dentition, elongated maxilla; varied colouration (if coral-pattern, then usually with loreal and / or eye diameter greater than its distance from the mouth) ......... 3 3. Internasals + prefrontals counting more than 6 scales ...... Boidae - Internasals + prefrontals counting 6 or less ................................ 4 4. Four prefrontals .................................................... Tropidophiidae - Prefrontals in 2 or less ....................... Colubridae and Dipsadidae	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED126FF96FC80F9CFFCF599EA.taxon	description	2. Shallow labial pits; supralabial in contact with the eye; a single plate between the posterior nasal and preocular; large supraocular present ........................................................................... Epicrates - Deep labial pits; subocular pits present; more than one loreal between the posterior nasal and preocular pits; supraocular region covered by several small scales ...................................... Corallus Boa Linnaeus, 1758 1. Posterior dorsal spots not blotched; posterior dorsal saddle spots shape similar to the anterior spots; last lateral ocelli dark brown, black or dark red; tail spots black; tail interspots absent ............... .................................................................................. Boa atlantica Epicrates Wagler, 1830 1. Lateral stripe absent; dorsal ground colour pale to yellow reddish ......................................................................... Epicrates cenchria Corallus Daudin, 1803 1. Dorsal scale in almost always over 50 rows; subcaudals 94 – 137; nasals in contact; supralabials touch the orbit ............................... ........................................................................ Corallus hortulana	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED120FF96FC80FF59FA599F8F.taxon	description	1. 168 – 192 ventral scales; dorsum with rounded blotches in the anterior region, replaced by paired spots toward the tail .............. ............................................. Adelphostigma occipitalis (Fig. 26 b)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED120FF96FC80FE49FA599D4F.taxon	description	1. Medium-dorsal line is absent or discreet at the first third of the body but may be present at the end of the trunk and on the tail; at least some scales of the 3 rd row of the paravertebrals (or adjacents rows) with 2 tiny light spots, placed one above the other on the base of each scale ...................................................... ................................................... Amnisiophis amoenus (Fig. 20 g)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED120FF96FC80FBE2FA5E9B6E.taxon	description	1. Upper side of head primarily brown, with the snout region (rostral scale, internasal scales, and anterior portion of prefrontal scales) being lighter brown; dark ocular stripe separate or poorly connected to the first of nearly 10 dark blotches that occupies 4 th, 5 th and 6 th rows .......................... Caaeteboia amarali (Fig. 19 c)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED120FF97FC80F9C2FA749D10.taxon	description	1. Ventral scales strongly angulate in more than 205; ventral ground colour uniform, with scales not edged in black ............................. ..................................................... Chlorosoma laticeps (Fig. 19 e) Clelia Fitzinger, 1826 1. Dorsal scales in 19 rows; generally 7 supralabial scales; 70 or more pairs of subcaudal scales; anal plate entire; spineless hemipenis; lack of the left lung; dorsum fully darkened in adults; dorsum red, black head with white neck ring present in juveniles, ventre evenly white in juveniles and adults .................................. .............................................................. Clelia plumbea (Fig. 19 f) Coronelaps Lema & Deiques, 2010 1. 190 – 234 ventral scales; yellowish or whitish rings in parietals and a blackish nape-cervical collars; parietal scales not longer than larger; dorsum pinkish or reddish without rings and black bands; dorsum with three longitudinal stripes ............................... ....................................................... Coronelaps lepidus (Fig. 19 h) Dibernardia Myers, 1974 1. Ventral scales 140 or more; light occipital collar present .......... 2 - Less than 140 ventral scales; no light occipital collar; supralabials white edged above ................... Dibernardia persimilis (Fig. 26 c) 2. 140 – 157 ventral scales; a well-defined line along the canthus rostralis, ranging from the snout to the postoculars ...................... ................................................... Dibernardia bilineata (Fig. 26 a) - 156 – 181 ventral scales; triangular light spot behind eye and two roundish spots on parietals immediately behind frontal ................ ....................................................... Dibernardia affinis (Fig. 25 h) Dipsas Laurenti, 1768 1. Dorsal scales in 15 rows ............................................................. 2 - Dorsal scale in 13 rows ......................... Dipsas indica (Fig. 20 c)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED122FF94FF7CFAD8FA5E9DB0.taxon	description	- Not as above, sometimes with red irregular bands but never in ring shape ................................................................................... 2 2. Dorsal scale rows reduce posteriorly ......................................... 3 - Dorsal scales in 17 rows; dorsum olive green with or without brownish vertebral stripe and / or small dorsolateral black spots ... ................................................ Erythrolamprus jaegeri (Fig. 22 g) 3. Dorsal scales in 17 rows ............................................................. 4 - Dorsal scale in 19 rows .............................................................. 6 4. Ventral scales with unmarked dark edges .................................. 5 - Ventral scales light with some dark edging (Fig. 5 b); dorsum with the tip of the scales lighter, yellow / olive green dorsal scales with black outer margins; with or without light neck ring in juveniles ............................................ Erythrolamprus miliaris (Fig. 22 b – c) 5. Posterior lateral black stripe present on body and tail; ventre never checkered with black and red or yellow, but occasionally with black marks on lateral edges of ventral scales; dorsum dark green or brownish (Fig. 6 a) ... Erythrolamprus reginae (Fig. 22 h) - Posterior lateral black stripe absent; ventre usually red or green without black marks on lateral edges of ventral scales; dorsum olive green or green, with or without reddish dorsal stripe and small dorsolateral black spots (Fig. 6 b) ........................................ ................................................ Erythrolamprus jaegeri (Fig. 22 g) 6. Ventre black coloured; dorsal scales in 19 / 19 / 17 rows; dorsum uniform green or olive green, occasionally with an ill-defined brownish mid-dorsal stripe ............................................................ ........................................... Erythrolamprus atraventer (Fig. 22 a) - Ventre not as above; dorsal scales in 19 / 19 / 17, 19 / 19 / 15 or 19 / 19 / 13 rows ............................................................................. 7 7. Dorsum variable, but never green .............................................. 8 - Dorsum green, with or without dark lateral small spots and dorsal scales with a red tip; head occasionally brown in juveniles .......... ............................................ Erythrolamprus typhlus (Fig. 23 a – b) 8. Dorsal scale reduces to 17 posteriorly; dorsum grey or tan with darker blotches; no black dorsolateral line posteriorly; dorsal surface of head grey, tan or brown with or without a whitish U, V, X, or Y mark on the parietals with exterior black edging, the mark may extend anteriorly to the internasals; ventre usually reddish with dark blotches ............................................................. ...................................... Erythrolamprus almadensis (Fig. 21 g – h) - Dorsal scales reduce to 15 or 13 posteriorly; dorsum with ground colour usually brown, red or white, with blotches, bands, reticulations or combinations of the above; ventre from immaculate white to reddish or almost black, with or without dark blotches; youngs may have darker transversal stripes; ventre checkered with black, sometimes half ventre blackish (Fig. 5 a) .................................... Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus (Fig. 22 d – f)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED122FF95FC80F8E5FD1399D0.taxon	description	1. Dorsal scales in 19 rows; 201 – 211 ventral scales in males and 209 – 218 in females; generally 8 supralabial scales; subcaudal scales divided; anal plate entire; dorsum entirely black or slightly darkened in adults, and red with large dark vertebral stripe and white neck ring in juveniles ........ Mussurana montana (Fig. 23 f) Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 1. 173 – 205 ventral and 137 – 189 subcaudal scales; anal plate divided; supralabial scales usually 8 or more; paired white or yellow ventral stripes absent, or if present, weak and restricted to extreme lateral edges of ventrals on anterior half of body; snout extremely long and acuminate; dark oral lining ............................ ............................................................ Oxybelis aeneus (Fig. 17 e) Oxyrhopus Wagler, 1830	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED123FF95FCFFFC35FA749AF5.taxon	description	1. Ventral ground colour uniform green, with scales not edged in black, dorsum uniform green; top of the head brown, midline in dorsum brown; black postocular stripe in live specimens ............. ....................................... Philodryas olfersii (Figs. 12 b, 13 b, 24 g) - Ventral ground colour gradually darkens towards cloaca, with scales edged in black; dorsum brownish or greenish with scales frequently edged in black .............................................................. ....................... Pseudablabes patagoniensis (Figs. 12 b, 13 b, 24 h)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED123FF95FCFFFB43FA779845.taxon	description	- Dorsal scales in 17 rows; generally 7 supralabial scales; dorsum red with large vertebral stripe; black head and white neck ring in juveniles; dorsum entirely black or slightly dark coloured in adults (Fig. 14 b) ........................... Pseudoboa serrana (Fig. 25 c)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
03E987BED123FF9AFCFFF992FCF59F2A.taxon	description	- Vertebral scales notably wider than paravertebrals ....................... .................................................. Siphlophis compressus (Fig. 25 d) 2. At least some red or orange vertebral scales or head ornamentation; dorsal pattern consisting of 60 – 72 middorsal red diamond-shaped markings narrowly separated by black dumbbell-shaped spots occupying 4 – 7 dorsal scale rows; red head dorsum with black markings; ventre with black spots, red colour restricted to the top of the dorsum ..................................... ......................................................... Siphlophis pulcher (Fig. 25 f) - No red or orange on head or vertebral region; head reticulated or peppered with black, sometimes coinciding on medium line; dorsal pattern of 40 – 62 brown spots, variably offset at midline, distributed over a light brown to cream background; head pattern consisting of scattered brown spots ............................................... .............................................. Siphlophis longicaudatus (Fig. 25 e)	en	Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia, Hamdan, Breno (2025): Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population. Zoological Studies 64 (20): 141-149, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-20, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16970413
