Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844)

Hakim, Jonathan, Trageser, Scott J., Ghose, Animesh, Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur & Rahman, Shahriar Caesar, 2020, Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh, Check List 16 (5), pp. 1239-1268 : 1262

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.5.1239

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5470236

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/121B3629-FFD3-FF96-FF14-F137A368FF13

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scientific name

Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844)
status

 

Sinomicrurus macclellandi (Reinhardt, 1844)

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1; Sylhet Division, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila, LNP, former Dhaka-Sylhet highway biscecting the park; 24°| 19.8′N, 091°47.5’E; 26 Oct. 2011; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 2.157 .

Identification. This is a slender, reddish-brown elapid with short, narrow, black bars on the dorsum (41 in one specimen) and a black head with a broad, cream-colored band across the top of the head in line with the eyes ( Das 2010).

Taxonomic notes. The first confirmed record of S. macclellandi in LNP and Bangladesh was published by Rahman (2012d).

Habitat. We did not commonly find this species in LNP, where it was limited to mature and degraded forest.

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Sinomicrurus

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