Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus (Gray, 1835)

Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, Zootaxa 2416, pp. 1-43 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.194395
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6198022
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scientific name	Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus (Gray, 1835)
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Sibynophis melanocephalus melanocephalus (Gray, 1835) *

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0441 (female; SVL 322 mm, TaL 147 mm), about 30 km west of Pundung Lamanggang, Province of Jambi, elev. 420 m.

Taxonomic comments. This specimen is typical for the species as described in Morgan (1973); see also David & Vogel (1996).

Scalation: MSR 17; Ven 147; Sc> 70; anal paired; SL 9/9 (SL 4–5 entering orbit); Tem 1+2/1+2. Maxillary teeth 42, subequal.

Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Jambi (first record in this work), Sumatera Barat, Bengkulu, and Sumatera Selatan; also the islands of Bangka, Belitung, and Nias, and Riau Archipelago ( David & Vogel, 1996).

Biology. This specimen was picked on a road crossing a tract of relatively dry, rocky open forest in a rugged area.

References

David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996) The Snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Ed. Chimaira, Frankfurt-am-Main, 260 pp.

Morgan, E. C. (1973) Snakes of the subfamily Sibynophiinae. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana, Ph. D. dissertation, 260 pp.