Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE7-691E-2CF5-C120FE3DF7A5 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel) |
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Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel) View in CoL
Material examined. – Siem Pang: FMNH 263020 About FMNH , evergreen forest, 14°16'34.8"N 106°32'10.5"E, 200 m elev., 5 Dec.2003 GoogleMaps .
Remarks. – A single juvenile has an olive-brown dorsum with whitish, lateral transverse bars connected across the vertebrals by black bars; a white upper lip with black triangular-shaped markings pointing ventrally, white lip stripe extending posteriorly to form a white chevron-shaped marking outlined in black on the base of the neck; venter whitish with a black spot at the outer margin of the ventrals and subcaudals; 9 supralabials, fourth, fifth and six touching the eye; 3 postoculars; and 2 anterior temporals.
The specimen was collected during the day (1520 hrs.) on a rocky bank 1.5 m from a 3 m wide intermittent stream with no current.
Saint Girons (1972a) reported the species from Kirirom, in the mountains of southwestern Cambodia.
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