A New Species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Peninsular Thailand

Authors

  • OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS Department of Recent Vertebrates, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, 29 rue Vautier, 1000 Brussels, BELGIUM
  • VAN WALLACH Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA 3 Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, FRANCE
  • PATRICK DAVID Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, FRANCE
  • LAWAN CHANHOME Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, 1871 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10330, THAILAND

Keywords:

Thailand, West Malaysia, Serpentes, Colubridae, Oligodon, Oligodon jintakunei sp. nov., taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the colubrid genus Oligodon is described from Krabi Province, southern Peninsular Thailand. Although known from a single specimen, the new species is readily distinguished by an unusual combination of characters, like fused internasals and prefrontals, an elongated body, a high number of ventrals and subcaudals, a low number of maxillary teeth, and a unique dorsal banded pattern and immaculate ventral surface. Its possible relationships are discussed, and a key to the species of Oligodon, currently known from Thailand and West Malaysia, is given.

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Published

2002-08-01

How to Cite

[1]
PAUWELS, O.S., WALLACH, V., DAVID, P. and CHANHOME, L. 2002. A New Species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Peninsular Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 2, 2 (Aug. 2002), 7–18.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2002): The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University

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Original Articles

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