Molecular phylogeny found the distribution of Bungarus candidus in China (Squamata: Elapidae)

Yulin Xie; Robert W. Murphy; Peng Guo; Ping Wang; Guanghui Zhong; Fei Zhu; Qin Liu; Jing Che; Lei Shi

doi:10.11865/zs.201810

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2018, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1) : 109-117. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201810

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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

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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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Yulin Xie, Ping Wang, Guanghui Zhong, Fei Zhu, Qin Liu, Jing Che, Lei Shi, Robert W. Murphy, Peng Guo. Molecular phylogeny found the distribution of Bungarus candidus in China (Squamata: Elapidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2018, 43(1): 109-117 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201810

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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.