Lycodon anakradaya NGUYEN, DUONG, WOOD & GRISMER, 2022
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Lycodon anakradaya
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Lycodon anakradaya NGUYEN, DUONG, WOOD & GRISMER 2022 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa Province) Type locality: Song Giang River Valley (12.37079° N, 108.83643° E; at elevation 493 m a.s.l.), Khanh Trung Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam |
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| Types | Holotype: SIEZC 20247, adult male collected by Anh The Nguyen, 21 December 2020; Paratype: Juvenile (SIEZC 20248) collected on 21 August 2020 by Anh The Nguyen from Song Giang River Valley (12.37079°N, 108.83643°E; at elevation 580 m a.s.l.), Khanh Trung Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lycodon anakradaya sp. nov. is separated from all other species in the L. rufozonatus complex by having the combination of a maximum SVL length of 790 mm; TaL 190 mm; 17 or 18–17–15 dorsal scale rows; 12 maxillary teeth; eight supralabials with the 3rd–5th contacting the eye; nine or 10 infralabials; one preocular; two postoculars; an elongate loreal not contacting the eye; two anterior temporals; three posterior temporals; 223–232 ventral scales; 87 paired subcaudal scales; a divided precloacal plate; five keeled vertebral scale rows from midbody to vent. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Diet: Fish (and probably other prey). (NGUYEN et al. 2022) Behavior: very good skill swimming and climbing too, exspecial in mossies granite rocks, active after 18:00 pm. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) |
| Etymology | Anak Radaya is given in a reference to the Ede people (“Anak Radaya” in Ede language), an Austronesian ethnic group living in the upland forested areas of southern Vietnam including those that surround the Song Giang River valley, where the new species found. |
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