New Record of Protobothrops cf. maolanensis in Northeastern Vietnam, with Data on Its Morphology and Biology

Ivan I. Kropachev, Konstantin A. Shiryaev, Tao Thien Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov

Abstract


The record of Protobothrops cf. maolanensis in Trang Dinh district, Lang Son Province, northeastern Vietnam is discussed in the article. Data on locality and population biology is given. Description of morphology of eight specimens which originate from this locality, with brief taxonomic comments, is given.

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Protobothrops cf. maolanensis; Trang Dinh district; Lang Son Province; northeastern Vietnam; biology; morphology; taxonomic comments

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2015-22-2-93-102

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