The Northernmost Record of Colubrid Snake Dryocalamus davisonii (Blanford, 1878) [Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae]

Nikolai L. Orlov, Thien Tao Nguyen, Roman A. Nazarov, Daniel A. Melnikov

Abstract


A new record of Dryocalamus davisonii is described based on a single specimen collected in limestone forest in Hon Can ranger station, Van Xuan Commune, Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa province, in North Vietnam in October 2010. Data on morphological characteristics of specimen and geographic distribution of this species are provided.


Keywords


new record; Colubridae; Dryocalamus davisonii; Vietnam

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-2-154-156

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