Enhydris plumbea (Boie, 1827)

Grismer, L. Lee, Neang, Thy, Chav, Thou, Wood, Perry L., Jr & Oaks, Jamie R., 2008, Additional Amphibians And Reptiles From The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary In Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, With Comments On Their Taxonomy And The Discovery Of Three New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 161-175 : 172

Enhydris plumbea (Boie, 1827)

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Material examined. – LSUHC 7823 , 7890 , 7972 , 7995–96 : Che Teal Chrum, 5–11 Aug.2006 .

Remarks. – Four females (LSUHC 7823, 7890, 7972, 7995; SVL 279–383 mm) and one male (LSUHC 1996; SVL 232 mm) match Taylor’s (1965) diagnosis and description of Thai specimens in having 19 dorsal scale rows; the single internasal not touching the loreal; dark olive above with three outer dorsal scale rows yellow; and a yellow venter.

All specimens were collected at night in temporary rain pools and buffalo wallows within the village. Daltry & Chenang (2000), Long et al. (2001), and Daltry & Traeholt (2003) reported this species from the central Cardamoms.

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Fig. 18. Enhydris plumbea from Che Teal Chrum.