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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2024">{{cite iucn |author=Wang, Y. |author2=Qi, S. |author3=Ding, L. |date=2024 |title=''Achalinus jinggangensis'' |volume=2024 |page=e.T176325A199525494|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
| image = Achalinus_jinggangensis_distribution.png
| image_alt = Map showing the geographic distribution of Achalinus jinggangensis
| image_caption = Geographic distribution of Achalinus jinggangensis
| taxon = Achalinus jinggangensis
| authority = ([[Zong Yu (zoologist)|Zong]] & [[Ma Jifan|Ma]], 1983)
| synonyms = *''Achalinopsis jinggangensis'' <br>{{small|Zong & Ma, 1983}}<ref name="Zong & Ma, 1983"/>
*''Achalinus jinggangensis'' <br>{{small|— [[Hidetoshi Ota|Ota]] & [[Masanao Toyama|Toyama]], 1989}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/>
}}
'''''Achalinus jinggangensis''''', commonly known as '''Zong's odd-scaled snake''', is a [[species]] of [[snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Xenodermatidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Jinggang Mountains]] in [[Jiangxi]] Province,  [[China]].<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2024" /><ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species |genus=Achalinus |species=jinggangensis |accessdate=17 April 2015}}</ref>
==Habitat==
''A. jinggangensis'' is a terrestrial snake that is known from [[forest]] habitats at an altitude of between {{convert|560|m|ft|abbr=on}} and {{convert|1080|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The estimated [[extent of occurrence]] is about 16666.67 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2024" />
==Description==
''A. jinggangensis'' may attain a total length (including tail) of {{convert|46|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=RDB/> It is shiny blue-black both [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsally]] and ventrally.<ref name="Zong & Ma, 1983"/>
==Reproduction==
''A. jinggangensis'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/>
==References==
{{Commons category|Achalinus jinggangensis}}
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Zong & Ma, 1983">[[Zong Yu (zoologist)|Zong Y]], [[Ma Jifan|Ma J]] (1983). "A new species of the genus ''Achalinopsis'' from Jiangxi and the restoration of this genus". ''Acta Herpetologica Sinica'' '''2''' (2): 61–63. (''Achalinopsis jinggangensis'', new species). (in Chinese and English).</ref>
}}
==Further reading==
*[[Hidetoshi Ota|Ota H]], [[Masanao Toyama|Toyama M]] (1989). "Taxonomic Re-definition of ''Achalinus formosanus'' Boulenger (Xenoderminae: Colubridae: Ophidia), with Description of a New Subspecies". ''Copeia'' '''1989''' (3): 597–602. (''Achalinus jinggangensis'', new combination).
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[[Category:Xenodermidae]]
[[Category:Snakes of China]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of China]]
[[Category:Critically endangered fauna of Asia]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1983]]
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