Macropisthodon flaviceps (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854), Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854

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 : 23-24

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.194395
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6198026
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scientific name	Macropisthodon flaviceps (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
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Macropisthodon flaviceps (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) *

Material examined. Two specimens (1 adult and 1 subadult) examined alive and photographed, in the vicinity North of Bangko, Province of Jambi.

Taxonomic comments. Two typical specimens as depicted in Chan-Ard et al. (1999) and Stuebing & Inger (1999).

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

Biology. These specimens were found in the morning in a lowland marsh in November.

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.

Stuebing, R. B. & Inger, R. F. (1999) A fieldguide to the snakes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia), 254 pp.