Amphibians and reptiles from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh
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Hakim, Jonathan
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Trageser, Scott J.
Author
Ghose, Animesh
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Rashid, Sheikh Muhammad Abdur
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Rahman, Shahriar Caesar
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1239
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10.15560/16.5.1239
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Lycodon zawi
Slowinski et al., 2001
Figure 9B
Material examined.
BANGLADESH
•
1 adult
; Syl-
het Division
,
Moulvibazar District
,
Kamalganj Upazila
, LNP, trail at
Lawachara Station
;
24°19.64′N
,
091°47.03′E
;
12 Jun. 2014
; photo voucher
ZRC
(
IMG
) 2.362
.
Identification.
We distinguished
L. zawi
from other
wolf snakes in LNP by its 17 smooth midbody scale rows, dark-brown dorsum with 18–22 narrow and widely separated white bands without intervening reticulations or crossbands, nine supralabials (
IV
and
V
contacting orbit), 1–2 preoculars, loreal scale not in contact with internasal or orbit, and lack of pale collar on the neck or nape (
Slowinski et al. 2001
).
Habita
t. This species appeared most frequently in mature forest, although we found some road-killed specimens in degraded forest.