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Specimen: none, Deuves specimens presumed lost in a fire.
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locality: Ngum River Valley,
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Stuart
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<emphasis id="78EE165DFFEAFFFBDC914602FEF0B3EF" bold="true" box="[151,276,885,910]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Comment.</emphasis>
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described this snake from the Ngum River Valley,
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and reported 3539 scale rows at midbody, 152164 ventrals and 7594 subcaudals. The specimens examined here fall within these parameters, except for the subcaudal counts.
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may use a different habitat than other
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streams with a moderate current, and sand and rock substrate as opposed to slow moving or stagnant water with mud substrates. Because we have not examined specimens from
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we have not established a
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or restricted the
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locality. Photographs of this snake can be found in
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: 1066) and
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. Field observations on this snake can be found in
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,
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Stuart
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, and
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Bezuijen
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<emphasis id="78EE165DFFEAFFFBDCCF41E2FEA7B4CF" bold="true" box="[201,323,1173,1198]" pageId="15" pageNumber="16">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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has upper labials 13 contacting the loreal; two prefrontals; 3539 dorsal scale rows at midbody, reduced to 30 or less; one or two postocular scales plus one postsubocular scale; 1012 upper labials; 159167 ventrals; and a reverse color pattern on the venter (dark olive-gray with white spots).
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has upper labials 14 contacting the loreal; one postocular scale plus a postsubocular scale; a ventral pattern that is light with dark spots.
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has a divided loreal contacting upper labials 1 4; one postocular scale and no presubocular scale.
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has a divided or fragmented loreal contacting upper labials 14 or 15; three prefrontals; 3944 dorsal scale rows at midbody, reduced to more than 30 posteriorly; one postocular and one postsubocular. The new species,
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has a single loreal contacting upper labials 14; 4047 scale rows at midbody, reduced to 30 or more posteriorly; 13 (1214) upper labials; and ventral counts that are usually greater than 165.
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This species is known from the Mekong River in
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,
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, and
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.
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reported it in the Ngum River Valley of
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.
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describe specimens from Thailands Phan Phu Mountain, and
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Stuart
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. (2006)
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reported it from Siem Pang and Ta Veng in eastern
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in bamboo mixed with evergreen forest between 100 and
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ASL. Two specimens were taken during the day, others were found in gill nets. The streams were described as having a moderate current, and a sand and rock substrate; one had a closed canopy, others were open and had grass lined banks. All of these localities are peripheral to the Mekong. However,
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Bezuijen
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. (2009)
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report it from the Mekong River in Kratie Province,
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. They describe four specimens, one in a market, and three others at Koh Kapeung and Koh Khlap Islands, the largest was
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in total length. One of these snakes was on a mud substrate.
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. Above FMNH 263032 from Cambodia (Virachey National Park, O Kanome stream, 14°15'08.0&quot; N, 106°37'58.8&quot; E, 175 m) profile showing three upper labials at the loreal and that upper labial number 6 is the first horizontally divided labial. Note the dark coloration and the reduced “mask” in this specimen. Below: ventral view of FMNH 263029, also from Cambodia (Virachey National Park, O Lopeung stream, 14°10'39.2&quot; N, 107°17'25.1&quot; E, 150m), shows the reverse ventral pattern with a dark ground color and pale colored spots. Photographs JCM.
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<emphasis id="78EE165DFFF4FFE5DCCF45E0FE59B0D1" bold="true" box="[201,445,151,176]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Material Examined.</emphasis>
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Ta Veng
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263029 (Virachey National Park, O Lopeung stream,
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); Siem Pang
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263030 (Virachey National Park, O Kanome stream,
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),
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2630301-32 (Virachey National Park, O Kanome stream,
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),
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263033 (Virachey National Park,
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); Nong Khai
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265801 (Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary, Houay Sod waterfall,
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),
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1988.2104;
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Phan Phu Mt.
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179239, 117858-60.
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