Oligodon ocellatus (Morice)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE4-691E-2CFE-C456FAA7F64F |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Oligodon ocellatus (Morice) |
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Oligodon ocellatus (Morice) View in CoL
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Material examined. – Ta Veng: FMNH 263011 About FMNH , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo, 14°11'38.4"N 107°17'21.9"E, 200 m elev., 22 Nov.2003 GoogleMaps .
Remarks. – A single female agrees with Saint Girons’ (1972b) expanded description of Morice’s type specimens from Tay-Ninh, southern Vietnam by having 19 longitudinal scale rows at mid-body, reducing to 15 posteriorly; eight supralabials, the fourth and fifth touching the eye; two preoculars; and two postoculars. Saint Girons (1972b) reported two Tay-Ninh females to have 161-165 ventrals and 27-29 subcaudals, but the Cambodian female has 173 ventrals and 32 subcaudals. In life, the specimen was orange above, with dark orange head markings edged in black; 11 dark orange dorsal body blotches, edged in black, the last above the vent, each separated by three narrow black crossbars; chin and anterior 2/3 of ventrals yellowish-ivory; posterior 1/3 of ventrals salmon-pink; and subcaudals white.
The specimen was collected during the day (1400 hrs.) in a cavity in the trunk of a 35 cm diameter at breast height tree 30 cm above the ground.
Saint Girons (1972a) reported the species from Kirirom, in southwestern Cambodia.
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