Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier, 1829
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE3-691A-2E22-C1C0FA78F288 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier |
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Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier View in CoL
Material examined. – Keo Seima: FMNH 262958-59 About FMNH , UTM 0721041 1350686; Chen Chea, 12 Sept.2003 .
O’Rang: FMNH 262962 About FMNH , hilly evergreen forest along O Kamen Stream, near 12°19'35"N 107°05'33"E, 500 m elev., 1 Nov.2003 GoogleMaps ; FMNH 262963 About FMNH , hilly evergreen forest along O Doeung Por Stream, near 12°18'08"N 107°03'08"E, 500 m elev., 6 Nov.2003 GoogleMaps .
Pichrada : FMNH 262674-75 About FMNH , Phnom Nam Lyr Mountain, evergreen mixed with deciduous and bamboo forest, near 12°32'16"N 107°32'00"E, 600-700 m elev., 18 Jun.2000 GoogleMaps .
Siem Pang: FMNH 262961 About FMNH , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo, near 14°18'28.9"N 106°33'32.1"E, 430 m elev., 4 Dec.2003 GoogleMaps .
Ta Veng: FMNH 262960 About FMNH , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo along O Greng Mak Stream, 14°12'00.5"N 107°18'29.8"E, 200 m elev., 20 Nov.2003 GoogleMaps .
Remarks. – Two adult males (SVL 176-201), four subadults, and two juveniles have strongly compressed tails, heavily keeled below; mostly green colouration, with two subadults and one adult having four oblique, light-coloured body bands between the axilla and groin visible in preservative; welldeveloped nuchal, dorsal, and caudal crests in the adults, weakly visible in the young; and femoral pores, 6/5 (left/right) and 7/ 6 in adult males, 8/8 and 8/ 9 in two subadults.
Four specimens ( FMNH 262675 About FMNH , 262960 About FMNH , 262962-63 About FMNH ) were collected at night sleeping on vegetation 1-4 m above the ground, close to or overhanging forested streams. FMNH 262674 About FMNH was collected at night sleeping on a sapling in the forest, 50 m from the nearest stream. FMNH 262961 About FMNH drowned in a stream gill net set for fish. FMNH 262958-59 About FMNH perished from injuries after being confiscated by authorities from local hunters encountered in the forest at night .
Tirant (1885) reported the species from Cambodia, without a specific locality.
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