Calloselasma rhodostoma ( Kuhl, 1824 )

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 : 803

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.791

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466139

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E82187EC-D748-9D50-FC96-F9B2115C519F

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Calloselasma rhodostoma ( Kuhl, 1824 )
status

 

Calloselasma rhodostoma ( Kuhl, 1824)

Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 1.III.2018; Evan S. H. Quah obs.; LSUDPC 12666 GoogleMaps .

Identification and natural history. A specimen was found dead on the road leading into the parking lots of BHRF on 1 March 2018. Based on the colour pattern that is still visible, the specimen matched Tweedie’s (1983) and Das’s (2015) diagnosis in having reddish-brown or purplish-brown dorsum, dark brown subtriangular marks on each side and pinkish-cream venter.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Calloselasma

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