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However, there are currently no reports of albinism in any species in Xenodermidae. <jats:italic>Achalinus sheni<\/jats:italic> Ma, Xu, Qi, Wang, Tang, Huang &amp; Jiang, 2023 was first described based on five male specimens from Loudi City and Nanyue District, Hunan Province, China. At the time, there were no descriptions on female individuals. In this study, we report in detail a collected albinistic specimen of <jats:italic>A. sheni<\/jats:italic>, which is the first discovery of wild albinism in the family Xenodermidae. 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