Oligodon purpurascens ( Schlegel, 1837b )

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

Oligodon purpurascens ( Schlegel, 1837b)

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Materials examined. MALAYSIA – Kedah • Batu Hampar Recreational Forest ; 05.1966°N, 100.5827°E; 40 m a.s.l.; 23.IX.2018; Evan S. H. Quah, Hong Zijia leg.; 1 ♂, USMHC 2472 .

Identification and natural history. One adult male ( SVL 454 mm, TL 101 mm) matched Tweedie’s (1983) and Das’s (2015) diagnosis in having a robust and sub-cylindrical body; head short and indistinct from neck; 1–2 preoculars; 2–3 postoculars; loreal present; eight supralabials, where the 5th touches the eye; 8–9 infralabials; small eye; rounded pupil; smooth dorsals; 19 midbody scale rows; 160–210 ventrals; 40–60 paired subcaudals; anal scale entire; brownish-purple dorsum with wavy dark bands; dark chevron on forehead and pink venter with squarish-dark spots. The specimen was found crawling out from a hole among rocks by the stream along trail at night.