Ptyas carinatus (Günther, 1858), Gunther, 1858

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.6198016
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scientific name	Ptyas carinatus (Günther, 1858)
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Ptyas carinatus (Günther, 1858)

Material examined. A very large specimen (ToL 2.55 m) dead on the road, examined but not preserved, vicinity of Lubuksao, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev. ca 400 m. – An adult specimen (male; ToL about 2.30 m) kept in captivity and reported as from the vicinity of Lake Maninjau.

Taxonomic comments. These specimens are typical for the species as described in De Rooij (1917) and Tweedie (1983).

Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, and Lampung ( David & Vogel, 1996) but probably more widespread.

Biology. The specimen from Lubuksao was killed on a road crossing a disturbed, rocky primary forest.

References

De Rooij, N. (1917) The reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. E. J. Brill, Leyden, xvi + 334 pp.

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.

Tweedie, M. W. F. (1983) The Snakes of Malaya. Third edition. Singapore National Printers, Singapore, 167 pp., Pls. 1 - 12.