Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus)

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 151-152

Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus)

Material examined. – O’Rang: FMNH 263015 , hilly evergreen forest, near 12°16'24.6"N 107°03'53.1"E, 350 m elev., 10 Dec.2003 .

Remarks. – A single female has a white dorsum and venter with 27 black saddle-like markings on the dorsum, the first in contact with the head, becoming narrower posteriorly; nine black saddle-like markings on the tail, and a black tail tip; head black above; supralabials and infralabials white; black spotting on some white interspaces between dorsal black saddles; enlarged vertebral scales; 15 longitudinal scale rows at mid-body; 218 ventral scales; 45 subcaudal scales with scattered, dark brown spotting; and the tail ending in a point.

The specimen was collected at night (1845 hrs.) crawling over large rocks 3 m from a small (<1 m wide) rocky stream.

Saint Girons (1972a) reported the species from Bokor, in the Elephant Mountains of southwestern Cambodia.