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Futsing Wolf Snake
Lycodon futsingensis (Pope, 1928)
Also called福清白环蛇 (zho) · 福清白環蛇 (zho)
First described in: Pope, Clifford H. Seven new reptiles from Fukien Province, China.
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Description
(Fig. 5) Specimen examined (n = 1) . VFU A.2013.4, adult female, collected by V. Q. Luu on 14 May 2013 from Noong Ma Commune, Boualapha District, Khammouane Province (17 o 17.499’N, 106 o 10.606’E, elevation 581 m a.s.l.), within Hin Nam No NPA. Morphological characters. Total length (TL) 760 mm (SVL 603mm, TaL 157 mm); body subcylindrical; head moderately distinguished from neck, rather flattenned; snout elongate, projecting anteriorly beyond lower jaw; pupil vertically elliptic; maxillary teeth 12/12; rostral distinctly broader than high, partly visible from above; internasals as wide as long, not in contact with loreal; prefrontal less than half length of frontal; frontal hexagonal; parietals longer than wide; nasal paired; loreal 1/1, not in contact with orbit; supralabials 8/8, third to fifth touching the eye, seventh largest; infralabials 9/9, first to fifth bordering chin shields; preocular 1/1; postoculars 2/2, bodering anterior temporals; anterior temporals 2/2, posterior temporals 2/2; dorsal scale rows 17-17-15, smooth; ventrals 209; subcaudals 79, paired; cloacal undivided. Coloration in preservative: Dorsal surface greyish-black with 19-21 grey rings on body an
New country records of reptiles from Laos
Ecology
The adult female was collected at ca. 21:30 while moving on the forest floor, near a slow running stream. The surrounding habitat was karst forest at elevation of 581 m a.s.l.
New country records of reptiles from Laos
Distribution
Lycodon futsingensis has been reported from southern China and northern Vietnam (Vogel et al. 2009). This is a new record of the species from Laos and it is approximately about 20 km far from the nearest record of this species in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.
New country records of reptiles from Laos
Notes
Distribution in Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, Bac Giang Province (Hecht et al. 2013).
New records and an updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, north-eastern Vietnam
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7662577.