Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel)

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 : 151

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13244981

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB2487A5-FFE7-691E-2CF5-C120FE3DF7A5

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Felipe

scientific name

Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel)
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Rhabdophis

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