Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier, 1829

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 147

Physignathus cocincinus Cuvier

Material examined. – Keo Seima: FMNH 262958-59 , UTM 0721041 1350686; Chen Chea, 12 Sept.2003 .

O’Rang: FMNH 262962 , hilly evergreen forest along O Kamen Stream, near 12°19'35"N 107°05'33"E, 500 m elev., 1 Nov.2003 ; FMNH 262963 , hilly evergreen forest along O Doeung Por Stream, near 12°18'08"N 107°03'08"E, 500 m elev., 6 Nov.2003 .

Pichrada : FMNH 262674-75 , Phnom Nam Lyr Mountain, evergreen mixed with deciduous and bamboo forest, near 12°32'16"N 107°32'00"E, 600-700 m elev., 18 Jun.2000 .

Siem Pang: FMNH 262961 , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo, near 14°18'28.9"N 106°33'32.1"E, 430 m elev., 4 Dec.2003 .

Ta Veng: FMNH 262960 , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo along O Greng Mak Stream, 14°12'00.5"N 107°18'29.8"E, 200 m elev., 20 Nov.2003 .

Remarks. – Two adult males (SVL 176-201), four subadults, and two juveniles have strongly compressed tails, heavily keeled below; mostly green colouration, with two subadults and one adult having four oblique, light-coloured body bands between the axilla and groin visible in preservative; welldeveloped nuchal, dorsal, and caudal crests in the adults, weakly visible in the young; and femoral pores, 6/5 (left/right) and 7/ 6 in adult males, 8/8 and 8/ 9 in two subadults.

Four specimens ( FMNH 262675 , 262960 , 262962-63 ) were collected at night sleeping on vegetation 1-4 m above the ground, close to or overhanging forested streams. FMNH 262674 was collected at night sleeping on a sapling in the forest, 50 m from the nearest stream. FMNH 262961 drowned in a stream gill net set for fish. FMNH 262958-59 perished from injuries after being confiscated by authorities from local hunters encountered in the forest at night .

Tirant (1885) reported the species from Cambodia, without a specific locality.