First checklist on the amphibians and reptiles of Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia
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Chan, Kin Onn
Author
Muin, Mohd Abdul
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Anuar, Shahrul
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Andam, Joel
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Razak, Norazlinda
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Aziz, Mohd Azizol
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Check List
2019
2019-12-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.6.1055
journal article
10.15560/15.6.1055
1809-127X
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
(Wall, 1921)
Figure 19
Figures 19–21.
Reptiles from Gunung Korbu.
19.
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris
.
20.
Pareas carinatus
.
21.
Trimeresurus sabahi
.
Materials examined.
BetweenKijangandSerojaCamps,
3 July 2019
(HC975).
Identification.
Body long and slender; head dorsoventrally compressed; eyes large, pupils round; scales smooth; single row of enlarged vertebral scales; top of head and body bronze in color; distinct black postorbital stripe at becomes diffused and absent past the nape; upper lip, sides of head and neck below the black stripe yellow; flanks and interstitial scales bright blue, which fades posteriorly; absence of three lateral black stripes on the posterior half of the body. These characters are in agreement with
Manthey and Grossmann (1997)
and
Vogel and van Rooijen (2007)
.
Remarks.
A single individual was found sleeping on a sapling approximately
5 m
from ground.