Bronchocela cristatella ( Kuhl, 1820 )

Zijia, Hong, Anuar, Shahrul, Grismer, L. Lee & Quah, Evan S. H., 2021, Preliminary report on the herpetofaunal diversity of Batu Hampar Recreational Forest, Kedah, Malaysia, Check List 17 (3), pp. 791-814 : 798

Bronchocela cristatella ( Kuhl, 1820)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 8.X.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; ♂, USMHC 2480 • same locality; 19.X.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♀, USMHC 2486 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( USMHC 2480, SVL 109 mm, TL 352 mm) and one adult female ( USMHC 2486, SVL 95 mm, TL 300 mm) matched Das’s (2015), Grismer’s (2011b) and Grismer et al.’s (2015) diagnosis in having slender body; long head; dorsal crest present; naked and black tympanum; unequal and smooth scales; 8–10 supralabials; 7–12 infralabials; 53–120 midbody scale rows; 27–35 lamellae under Toe IV; bright green dorsum that is changeable to brown when stressed; lack of white stripe on lower lip; lack of postfemoral red stripe; yellowish-green venter; anterior half of tail green with distinct grey bands and posterior half of tail brownish-grey. USMHC 2480 was found sleeping on tree by waterfall at night while USMHC 2480 was found sleeping on fern along trail at night.