Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 1255

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.5.1239

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5470226

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/121B3629-FFD4-FF91-FC91-F2ECA316F7E2

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scientific name

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Amphiesma stolatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. BANGLADESH • 1 adult; Sylhet Division, Moulvibazar District, Kamalganj Upazila, rice paddy near Fulbari Village ; 24°19.70′N, 091°48.84′E; 13 Jul. 2011; photo voucher ZRC ( IMG) 2.337 GoogleMaps .

Identification. This was a slender brownish-olive keelback identified by its two yellow or buff dorsolateral stripes which start indistinct in front and become very distinct on the rear 2/3 of the body, eight supralabials ( III – V contacting orbit), and keeled scales with 19 midbody scale rows ( Kabir et al. 2009).

Habita t. A common snake in the roadkill survey, A. stolatum was associated with various open habitats such as paddy fields, village habitat, and degraded forest.

Remarks. On 15 April 2012, SCR and KD observed a domestic chicken preying on an A. stolatum in a village on the park boundary ( Rahman and Das 2014).

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Natricidae

Genus

Amphiesma

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