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In their description of
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,
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Pauwels
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listed as such the following specimen among the comparative preserved material they examined: “
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-
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143301, Chong Mek,
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”. At that time
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was poorly characterized versus its closest relatives and a positive identification was difficult. Meanwhile David
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(2008) reviewed
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, confirmed
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as a synonym of the latter, and described the closely related
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.
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is known from
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, southern
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and southern
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(David
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2008;
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;
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Uetz
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2020
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).
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The preserved specimen
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143301, an adult male, has not yet been re-examined in light of the taxonomic and morphological revision of David
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(2008). It shows a robust but elongate body (
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; ratio TaL/TL 0.14. Round pupil. 1 PV + 163 VEN (the last VEN is forked on the right side), laterally slightly angulated; a single anal and 39 divided SC. 19-19-15 DSR, all smooth; no apical pit. DSR reduction from 19 to 17 occurs above the 96
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VEN (left and right) by fusion of DSR 5 and 6. DSR reduction from 17 to 15 occurs above the 109
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(right) VEN by fusion of DSR 4 and 5. Two internasals, in broad contact, shorter than prefrontals. Two prefrontals, subrectangular, distinctly wider than long. 1/1 supraoculars, distinctly longer than wide; 8/8 SL, the 4
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in contact with orbit; 9/9 IL, 1
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and 3
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SL. PreOc 1/1, the upper one much taller. PreSubOc 1/1, much smaller than PreOc; no SubOc; PosOc 2/2, of subequal size. Tem 2+2 on each side. A dark mark on forehead, extending below the eyes to SL 5 and 6. Two dark marks extending from the frontal to the angle of the mouth. A chevron with its apex on the middle of the frontal, extending posteriorly to the first DSR above the 10
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VEN; 11 blotches on dorsum, separated by three reticulations; 3 more such blotches above tail, with less contrasted reticulations in between. Underside of head, body and tail uniformly cream, without any blotch or speckling.
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF9A163AE9EEF83685552D83" bold="true" box="[151,277,1941,1965]" pageId="13" pageNumber="550">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Map of Thailand showing the geographical locations for
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF9A163AEA12F836806B2D83" box="[875,1067,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="550">Oligodon phangan</emphasis>
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(yellow) and
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF9A163AEDC7F83581232D83" box="[1214,1379,1941,1965]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="550">O. promsombuti</emphasis>
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(red)
<emphasis id="43A30F16FF9A163AE9EEF81A84B62DFF" bold="true" box="[151,246,1977,2001]" pageId="13" pageNumber="550">spp. nov.</emphasis>
and the first known Thai locality for
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF9A163AEB0BF81986AC2DFF" box="[626,748,1977,2001]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="550">O. ocellatus</emphasis>
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(blue). Type-localities are indicated by a star. Map by W. Sodoab.
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David
<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639E86BFF34850A2A9F" box="[274,330,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">et al.</emphasis>
(2008) provided the following diagnosis for
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639EA38FF3480572A9F" box="[833,1047,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">Oligodon ocellatus</emphasis>
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: “A species of the genus
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639EC4BFF3484B62AFB" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">Oligodon cyclurus</emphasis>
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-group, characterized by long and deeply forked hemipenes, reaching 15th17th SC, thin, smooth and not spinose throughout; 19-19-15 (rarely 13) dorsal scale rows; reductions between 19 and 17 rows occurring between VEN 79107 (mean 90.3); a very short tail, TaL/TL
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; 911 maxillary teeth, the last two or three strongly enlarged; anal plate single; head scalation complete, including a presubocular; 8 (rarely 7) supralabials; 2 anterior temporals; and a typically blotched dorsal pattern, with large blotches in most specimens, or sometimes merely a reticulated pattern with very faint blotches.” They added that it showed 157180 VEN and 2644 SC. The specimen
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perfectly fits with this description
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.
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<paragraph id="7168D304FF991639E9BEFE1480E6284F" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">
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Chong Mek (
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,
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) is located in the
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of Ubon Ratchathani Province in eastern
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, about 90 airline km east of the city of Ubon Ratchathani.
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is a border town between
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and
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.
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is thus the first formal record of the species from
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.
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closest known locality is
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(= Ban Khiet Ngong) in
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,
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, southern
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(
<bibRefCitation id="1546AEF5FF991639E9A5FDE48596284F" author="Teynie, A. &amp; David, P." box="[220,470,583,609]" pageId="14" pageNumber="551" refId="ref12027" refString="Teynie, A. &amp; David, P. (2010) Voyages naturalistes au Laos. Les reptiles. Editions Revoir, Nohanent, 315 pp." type="book" year="2010">Teynié &amp; David 2010</bibRefCitation>
); it is located at about 75 airline km SE of the new
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locality
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.
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<paragraph id="7168D304FF991639E9BEFDC887C229E7" blockId="14.[151,1437,151,969]" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">
We take this opportunity to confirm the presence of
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<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639EA68FDC8879E28AB" box="[785,990,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">Oligodon mouhoti</emphasis>
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in
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, western
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. The photograph of a live juvenile individual was provided by
<bibRefCitation id="1546AEF5FF991639EAEBFD2C80132887" author="Cox, M. J. &amp; van Dijk, P. P. &amp; Nabhitabhata, J. &amp; Thirakhupt, K." box="[914,1107,655,681]" pageId="14" pageNumber="551" refId="ref9835" refString="Cox, M. J., van Dijk, P. P., Nabhitabhata, J. &amp; Thirakhupt, K. (1998) A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Asia Books, Bangkok, 144 pp." type="book" year="1998">
Cox
<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639EAB1FD2C87BA2887" box="[968,1018,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">et al</emphasis>
. (1998)
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to illustrate their account for this species. Its coloration and pattern are diagnostic for the species: two dark longitudinal paravertebral stripes edging a yellowish vertebral stripe; two narrower dorsolateral stripes; two large rounded, black blotches on the upper surface of the tail, one at its base, the other one near the tip; and five major markings on upper head surface; it shows no dark hexagonal or butterfly-like dorsal blotches on the body. No locality was indicated for the photograph, but P. P. van Dijk (pers. comm. to
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,
<date id="0569F5C4FF991639EB58FCE086D22973" box="[545,658,835,861]" pageId="14" pageNumber="551" value="1999-02">Feb. 1999</date>
) took it in the part of Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary located in
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. The individuals total length was about
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(van Dijk, pers. comm.). The species was not recorded from
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by David
<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639EBE7FC28868E298B" box="[670,718,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">et al</emphasis>
. (2008); it was listed by
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Cox
<emphasis id="43A30F16FF991639ED6CFC288005298B" box="[1045,1093,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="551">et al</emphasis>
. (2012: 290)
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from
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but without more detail on location or voucher reference.
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