Ptyas carinatus (Günther)

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 : 151

Ptyas carinatus (Günther)

Material examined. – O’Rang: FMNH 262712 , hilly evergreen forest, O Ngeugn Stream, Mok Romum Waterfall, near 12°18'58"N 107°05'59"E, 550 m elev., 5 Nov.2003 .

Remarks. – A single female has large body size (SVL 189; TAL 62); 16 longitudinal scale rows at midbody, with weak keels on medial two rows; 207 ventrals; 111 subcaudals; and 9 supralabials.

In life, the specimen was uniform olive-brown above anteriorly, with indistinct yellowish-white bands formed by exposed interstitial skin; upper parts black posteriorly with five irregular, broken, yellowish-brown longitudinal stripes; upper surface of tail black with a yellowish-brown spot in the two medial scale rows; venter creamy anteriorly, becoming gray posteriorly; venter with row of large, light-coloured spots on the outer edge of ventral and subcaudal scales from mid-body to tip of tail, spots widely spaced anteriorly but on every scale row posteriorly.

The specimen was removed alive from the jaws of a 3.5 m Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor) at night (1830 hrs.). Both snakes were approximately 1 m from the water on the bank of a swift, 5 m wide stream between two large waterfalls.

This is the first report of the species from Cambodia.