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| Molecular phylogeny found the distribution of Bungarus candidus in China (Squamata: Elapidae) |
| Yulin Xie1, 2, Ping Wang1, 2, Guanghui Zhong3, Fei Zhu4, Qin Liu2, Jing Che5, 6, Lei Shi1, Robert W. Murphy6, 7, Peng Guo2 |
| 1College of Animal Sciences, Agricultural University of Xinjiang, Urumchi 830052, Xinjiang, China
2College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin 644007, Sichuan, China
3Forestry Science Research Institute of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan, China
4School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
5Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, Yunnan, China
6Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin Nay Pyi Taw 05282, Myanmar
7Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 |
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Abstract Based on molecular phylogeny of the Chinese white cross-band krait, Bungarus multicinctus, several individuals from southwestern and southern China were found to be nested within putative species B. candidus (Linnaeus, 1758) with high support values. Morphological examination also indicated these specimens were identical to B. candidus. We concluded that the Chinese white cross-band krait, previously identified as B. multicinctus in southwest and south China, should be recognized as B. candidus, a new record in China, and B. m. wanghaoti should be invalid. B. multicinctus is recurrently limited to southern China within China.
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| Fund:This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071892, 31372152), Department of Education of Sichuan Province (13TD0027) to PG, and Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Y4ZK111B01) to JC. |
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Corresponding Authors:
Peng Guo
E-mail: ybguop@163.com
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