Homalopsis buccata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 803

Homalopsis buccata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 11.II.2019; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2559 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male

( SVL 472 mm, TL 152 mm) matched Murphy et al.’s (2012) and Tweedie’s (1983) diagnosis in having single loreal contacting upper labials 1–4; one postocular scale; one postsubocular scale; 10–12 supralabials which are separated from the eye by a row of subocular scales; ventral scale less than 166; 68–106 paired subcaudals; 33– 40 midbody scale rows which are reduced to less than 30 posteriorly; dark-greyish-brown dorsum with complete and incomplete light crossbars which alternate along the body and are bordered with black; light and dark brown symmetrical markings on head; a triangular patch on the snout; a stripe running from near the snout through the eye to the jaw where it may join the dark colour of the neck; yellow ventrals with brown spots at the ends of every third to fifth ventral and the underside of tail mottled with brown. The specimen was found in the stream beside the oil palm plantation at night.