Additional Amphibians And Reptiles From The Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary In Northwestern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia, With Comments On Their Taxonomy And The Discovery Of Three New Species
Author
Grismer, L. Lee
Author
Neang, Thy
Author
Chav, Thou
Author
Wood, Perry L.
Author
Jr
Author
Oaks, Jamie R.
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2008
2008-02-29
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5338697
2345-7600
5338697
Pareas margaritophorus
(Jan, 1866)
(
Fig. 20
)
Material examined. –
LSUHC 7880
: Camp 1,
6 Aug.2006
.
Material examined. –
A juvenile female (
SVL
285 mm
) matches Grossmann & Tillack’s (2003) characterization of the genus and
Smith’s (1943)
description of the species in having a single preocular; the supralabials being prevented from contacting the eye by suboculars; lacking a single, median inframaxillary but having three pairs of inframaxillaries instead; 149 ventrals; 38 undivided subcaudals; 15 rows of smooth dorsal sacles at midbody lacking an enlarged vertebral row; the head being distinct from the neck; body not laterally compressed; dorsal scales grey, edged in black; series of transversely aligned black spots occasionally edged in white extending from neck to base of tail; and black nuchal band divided by a tripartite orange band. This specimen is in accord with a specimen collected from Phnom Aural in the northeastern Cardamoms in
Kampong Speu Province
(
LSUHC
7463;
Grismer et al., 2007a
) and with a specimen from Siem Pang in
Stung Treng Province
in northeastern
Cambodia
(
FMNH
263022; Stuart et al., 2006).
Fig. 17.
Boiga cyanea
from Camp 1.
Fig. 18.
Enhydris plumbea
from Che Teal Chrum.
Fig. 19.
Oligodon
sp.
from Che Teal Chrum.
The specimen was found crawling near the base of a tree at 0500 hours.