Liopeltis stoliczkae (Sclater)

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 150

Liopeltis stoliczkae (Sclater)

Material examined. – Pichrada: FMNH 259193 , deciduous forest with grassy understory and bamboo, near 12°29'49"N 107°29'33"E, 700 m elev., 22 Jun.2000 .

Remarks. – A single male (SVL 330; TAL 232) fully agrees with Sclater’s (1891) original description and Smith’s (1943) expanded description of the species. The specimen has the head slightly distinct from neck; snout length twice the eye diameter; a small nostril in a long, undivided nasal; a square loreal; eight supralabials, the fourth and fifth touching the eye; 15 longitudinal scale rows at mid-body, reducing to 13 posteriorly; 155 ventrals; a brownish dorsum with a broad black stripe on the side of head that extends onto the anterior part of body before gradually disappearing; a gray stripe on the outer margins of the ventrals; and a thin gray stripe on the median of the ventrals.

The specimen was taken during the day (1200 hrs.) on bamboo 2 m above the ground at the edge of a dirt road.

Smith (1943) reported the species from northeastern India and Myanmar, and to be rare, with only five specimens known. This is the first report of the species from Cambodia and represents a large range extension .