Boiga cyanea (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

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 : 171-172

Boiga cyanea (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

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Material examined. – LSUHC 7879 : Camp 1, 6 Aug.2006 .

Remarks. – An adult female (SVL 944 mm) agrees with the description of this species by Taylor (1965) and that of a specimen from the central Cardamoms (Stuart & Emmett, 2006) in having eight supralabials; 12 infralabials; one preocular; two postoculars; 21 body scale rows with enlarged vertebrals; 252 ventral scales; 138 divided, subcaudal scales; and being uniform green above with black interstitial skin. This species has been previously reported from central Cambodia ( Saint Girons, 1972), the central Cardamoms (Stuart & Emmet, 2006), and hilly eastern Cambodia (Stuart et al., 2006).

This specimen was found at night approximately 3 m above the ground crawling through the branches of a small tree.

Figures

Fig. 17. Boiga cyanea from Camp 1.