Lycodon truongi NGUYEN, DUONG, WOOD & GRISMER, 2022
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Lycodon truongi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Truong’s wolf snake Vietnamese: Rắn khuyết Trường |
| Synonym | Lycodon truongi 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 500 m a.s.l.), Khanh Trung Commune, Khanh Vinh District, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SIEZC 20249, Adult male, collected by Anh The Nguyen on 22 December 2020 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Lycodon truongi sp. nov. is separated from all other species of the L. rufozonatus complex by having the combination of a maximum SVL length of 700mm; tail length 195 mm; 17–17–15 dorsal scale rows; 14 maxillary teeth; eight supralabials with the third–fifth contacting the eye; nine infralabials; one preocular; two postoculars; an elongate loreal not contacting the eye; two anterior temporals; two posterior temporals; 200 ventral scales; 91 paired subcaudal scales; a divided precloacal plate; 15 keeled vertebral scale rows from midbody to vent; uniform dark-brown to black adult head pattern; no wide light-colored nuchal-occipital collar in the adult; black dorsal ground color; 19 narrow white body bands; 13 white caudal bands; white dorsal bands on ventrolateral section of body as opposed to a reticulated pattern; anterior one-half of venter white, and posterior of venter bearing white and broken black bands. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) |
| Comment | Behavior: nocturnal active, fast moving, like flating areas under storey of evergreen broadleaves forest, good swimming skill. (NGUYEN et al. 2022) |
| Etymology | The specific epithet “truongi” is a patronym honoring Professor Dr. Quang Truong Nguyen for his long-standing extensive contributions to the herpetology of Vietnam and his broad international collaborations. |
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