Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall, 1921)

Chan, Kin Onn, Muin, Mohd Abdul, Anuar, Shahrul, Andam, Joel, Razak, Norazlinda & Aziz, Mohd Azizol, 2019, First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1055-1069 : 1065-1066

Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall, 1921)

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Materials examined. BetweenKijangandSerojaCamps, 3 July 2019 (HC975).

Identification. Body long and slender; head dorsoventrally compressed; eyes large, pupils round; scales smooth; single row of enlarged vertebral scales; top of head and body bronze in color; distinct black postorbital stripe at becomes diffused and absent past the nape; upper lip, sides of head and neck below the black stripe yellow; flanks and interstitial scales bright blue, which fades posteriorly; absence of three lateral black stripes on the posterior half of the body. These characters are in agreement with Manthey and Grossmann (1997) and Vogel and van Rooijen (2007).

Remarks. A single individual was found sleeping on a sapling approximately 5 m from ground.