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Lycodon gibsonae VOGEL & DAVID, 2019

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gibson’s Wolf Snake
F: Lycodon de Gibson
G: Gibsons Wolfszahnnatter
Thai: Ngoo Plong-chanuan Gibson 
SynonymLycodon gibsonae VOGEL & DAVID 2019
Lycodon fasciatus — INGER & COLWELL 1977: 235 (nec Ophites fasciatus ANDERSON) 
DistributionThailand (Nakhon Ratchasima)

Type locality: “Sakaerat Exp. Station, Amphoe Pak Thong Chai”, now the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Amphoe Wang Nam Khiao, at the south-western edge of Khorat Plateau, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 180146, an adult male (tail dissected), collected by W. Ronald Heyer on 5th May 1969.
Paratypes: FMNH 180144, an adult male (dissected; hemipenes in situ), from the same locality as the holotype; collected by W. Ronald Heyer on 26th March 1969. FMNH 180145, an adult male (dissected; hemipenes in situ), from the same locality as the holotype; collected by W. Ronald Heyer on 14th April 1969. See Fig. 2 in Vogel & David 2019. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A species of the genus Lycodon, characterized by: (1) loreal entering orbit; (2) 17–17–15 dorsal scale rows; (3) upper 3 or 4 and vertebral dorsal scale rows keeled; (4) about 223–226 VEN in males; (5) about 91– 92 SC in males; (6) relative tail length about 0.198 in males; (7) 17–18 cream, well-defined bands on a dark body; (8) first dorsal band starting at VEN 13–15; (9) width of the first band occupying 4, 5 or 6 vertebral scales; and (10) maximum SVL 906 mm in males.
This species can be recognized by its ventral and subcaudal scale counts (both higher than in L. fasciatus), by the first band on the body (broader in terms of vertebral scales than in L. fasciatus), and on the number of bands on the body (lower than in L. fasciatus). Most other characters match those of L. fasciatus.


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Comment 
EtymologyThis species is named after Mrs. Nancy Lynne Gibson, Executive director of the “Bird Conservation Society of Thailand” and President of the executive committee of the “Love Wildlife Foundation”, for her involvement in the protection of the wildlife in Thailand and, especially, of the primary forest which harbour the type locality of this new species. 
References
  • Inger, R.F. & Colwell, R.K. 1977. Organization of contiguous communities of amphibians and reptiles in Thailand. Ecological Monographs, 47, 229–253 - get paper here
  • Janssen HY, Pham CT, Ngo HT, Le MD, Nguyen TQ, Ziegler T 2019. A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northern Vietnam. ZooKeys 875: 1-29 - get paper here
  • VOGEL, GERNOT; PATRICK DAVID 2019. A new species of the Lycodon fasciatus complex from the Khorat Plateau, eastern Thailand (Reptiles, Squamata, Colubridae). Zootaxa 4577 (3): 515–528 - get paper here
 
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