Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia Author Zijia, Hong Author Anuar, Shahrul Author Grismer, L. Lee Author Quah, Evan S. H. text Check List 2021 2021-05-25 17 3 791 814 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.791 journal article 10.15560/17.3.791 1809-127X Gonyosoma oxycephalum ( Boie, 1827 ) Figure 6B Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N , 100.5827°E ; 40 m a.s.l. ; 24.IX.2018 ; Evan S. H. Quah , Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂ , USMHC 2473 . Identification and natural history. One adult male ( SVL 608 mm , TL 192 mm ) matched Tweedie’s (1983) Figure 6. Snakes from families Colubridae , Elapidae , Homalopsidae , Pareidae , and Viperidae , and turtle from Family Trionychidae . A. Boiga melanota . B. Gonyosoma oxycephalum (USMHC 2473) . C. Oligodon purpurascens (USMHC 2472) . D. Bungarus candidus . E. Homalopsis buccata . F. Aplopeltura boa (USMHC 2481) . G. Adult female Tropidolaemus wagleri (USMHC 2474) . H. Dogania subplana . and Das’s (2015) diagnosis in having a slender, elongated and compressed body; head distinct from neck; elongated snout; single preocular; two postoculars; loreal present; 9–11 supralabials, where the 6th and 7th touches the eye; 12–14 infralabials; large eye; rounded pupil; long and tapering tail; smooth dorsals; 25 midbody scale rows; 230–263 ventrals; 120–157 paired subcaudals; anal scale divided; light green dorsum and throat; black stripe along sides of head, from nostril, across eye, to above level of upper jaw; grey to reddish-brown tail and yellowish venter. The specimen was found sleeping on tree 4 m off the ground at night.