Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwart
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE2-691B-2CA9-C608FE10FC20 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwart |
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Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwart View in CoL in Boie
Material examined. – Siem Pang: FMNH 263016 About FMNH , evergreen mixed with bamboo forest, near 14°18'28.9"N 106°33'32.1"E, 430 m elev., 4 Dec.2003 GoogleMaps .
Remarks. – A single female has smooth, highly iridescent scales; brown dorsal scales, the first row creamy-white edged in brown, the second to fourth rows brown edged in creamy-white; creamy-white ventral scales, brown at outer edges posteriorly; 15 longitudinal scale rows at mid-body; and a wedge-shaped head, indistinct from neck.
The specimen was taken at night (1810 hrs.) on the leaf litter bank 1.5 m from a 3 m wide stream with slow current.
Saint Girons (1972a) reported the species from several localities in the lowlands of central Cambodia.
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