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<mods:titleid="C3EF12C5827CE521D3877E9C293BA450">Uneven species occurrence and richness of lowland snakes (Serpentes, Squamata) in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, with new locality records</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="C825820A91A90B379789FEC70D2096B7">Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="1F8E74CA764A1926E55BEDC6A67D9172">Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C36471E2ED38B7A5A716687E86C25A59">Herpetology Laboratory, Department of Biology, La Sierra University, Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, California 92505, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="D45CAE8435DE63D82772C894418FBB2E">Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia</mods:affiliation>
This species can be identified by its slender body; head bronze-brown in color; thick black stripe extending from the snout passing through the eye and ending at the neck region; neck yellow when inflated; body yellow at the anterior and blue at the posterior with oblique black band. The species was found sleeping during night (~ 2100 hr) on the ornamental tree near the Sekayu Recreational Forest