Plagiopholis styani

黃頜蛇科，白環蛇亞科
Colubridae, subfamily Lycodontinae

40 cm

目前只有再陽明山與附近的北橫公路一帶有紀錄，非常罕見。

南中國（福建，廣東，廣西，江西，浙江，安徽，四川，甘肅東南），台灣。

Small snake; total length up to 40 cm. There are 15 rows of scales, all are smooth and glossy. Head is oval, with short snout and slightly large rostral (with a blackish spot), and not distinct from neck; body is stout and cylindrical; tail is short. Eye is medium-sized; iris is brown with diffused black pigment, the upper area is dirty white; pupil is round, jet black, surrounded by less distinct or narrow ring of dirty white. Tongue has brown stem and light gray fork tips. There are no loreals. Upper head, body and tail are red brown, olive brown, or green brown, with flecks of pink or black pigment on each scale, especially for those on the flanks of body; upper body and tail have a spotted pattern of black or light yellow. There is a dark and thick cross band on nape. The labials are dirty white to light yellow; the sutures are black. Ventral surface is dirty white to light yellow, speckled with small spots of dark pigment on chin plates, gulars, and sides of ventrals. Anal scale is entire, and subcaudals are paired.

本種是"最新的"台灣蛇家族新成員：採自台灣官方紀錄於1999年。

福建頸斑蛇、頸斑蛇。