| Achalinus | |
|---|---|
| Formosa odd-scaled snake, A. f. formosanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Achalinus |
Achalinus is a genus of harmless colubrid colubrid snakes found in Japan, Taiwan, China and northern Vietnam. Nine species are currently recognized.[1]
| Species[1] | Taxon author[1] | Subsp.*[1] | Common name[1] | Geographic range[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. ater | Bourret 1937 | 0 | Bourret's odd-scaled snake | Northern Vietnam and China in Guizhou and Guangxi |
| A. formosanus | Boulenger 1908 | 1 | Formosa odd-scaled snake | Taiwan and Japan in the southern Ryukyu islands |
| A. hainanus | Huang 1975 | 0 | Hainan odd-scaled snake | China on Hainan island |
| A. jinggangensis | Zong & Ma 1983 | 0 | Zong's odd-scaled snake | China in Jiangxi |
| A. meiguensis | Hu & Zhao 1966 | 0 | Szechwan odd-scaled snake | China in western Sichuan at elevations of 1200–1400 m |
| A. niger | Maki 1931 | 0 | Black odd-scaled snake | Taiwan |
| A. rufescens | Boulenger 1888 | 0 | Boulenger's odd-scaled snake | Northern Vietnam and China in Hong Kong, Hainan and west to Guizhou, Shaanxi, Guangdong and Fujian |
| A. spinalis | Peters 1869 | 0 | Peters' odd-scaled snake | Northern Vietnam, Japan (Kyūshū, Honshū, the Ryukyu Islands, Koshiki, Tokuno-shima: Kametoku and Inokawa), and central China (east to Fujian, west to Yunnan and Sichuan, and north to Gansu and Shaanxi. Also in Chekiang, Jiangxi, Kiangsu and Hupeh) at an elevation of 1,230 m |
| A. werneri | Van Denburgh 1912 | 0 | Amami odd-scaled snake | Japan |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.