New Records and Range Extensions of Dendrelaphis nigroserratus Vogel, Van Rooijen and Hauser, 2012 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Thailand
Keywords:
geographic distribution, herpetofauna, Tenasserim RangeAbstract
The original description of the colubrid snake Dendrelaphis nigroserratus Vogel, Van Rooijen and Hauser, 2012 was mainly based on specimens from the mountains of Thailand’s Tak Province. Other localities were poorly documented. We here report nearly twenty new records, extending the range of the species some 480 km to the south in Surat Thani Province, 70 km to the north in Mae Ramat District, Tak Province, and 30 km to the east in Kamphaeng Phet Province. The records also confirm the validity of the range localities in Phetchaburi and Kanchanaburi Province. We present the variability of various characters of 12 new DOR specimens and new data on the natural history.
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Hauser, S. , Smits, T. , Nomsian, H. , Mason, A.G. and Pawangkhanant, P. 2021. New Records and Range Extensions of Dendrelaphis nigroserratus Vogel, Van Rooijen and Hauser, 2012 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 21, 2 (Jul. 2021), 263–273.
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