Lycodon anakradaya NGUYEN, DUONG, WOOD & GRISMER, 2022
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Lycodon anakradaya NGUYEN, DUONG, WOOD & GRISMER 2022 |
Distribution | Vietnam (Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa Province) Type locality: Song Giang River Valley (12.37079° N, 108.83643° E; at elevation 493 m a.s.l.), Khanh Trung Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam |
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Types | Holotype: SIEZC 20247, adult male collected by Anh The Nguyen, 21 December 2020; Paratype: Juvenile (SIEZC 20248) collected on 21 August 2020 by Anh The Nguyen from Song Giang River Valley (12.37079°N, 108.83643°E; at elevation 580 m a.s.l.), Khanh Trung Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lycodon anakradaya sp. nov. is separated from all other species in the L. rufozonatus complex by having the combination of a maximum SVL length of 790 mm; TaL 190 mm; 17 or 18–17–15 dorsal scale rows; 12 maxillary teeth; eight supralabials with the 3rd–5th contacting the eye; nine or 10 infralabials; one preocular; two postoculars; an elongate loreal not contacting the eye; two anterior temporals; three posterior temporals; 223–232 ventral scales; 87 paired subcaudal scales; a divided precloacal plate; five keeled vertebral scale rows from midbody to vent. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) Additional details (1176 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Diet: Fish (and probably other prey). (NGUYEN et al. 2022) Behavior: very good skill swimming and climbing too, exspecial in mossies granite rocks, active after 18:00 pm. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) |
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