Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo
Teynié, Alexandre
David, Patrick
Ohler, Annemarie
Zootaxa
2010
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Boie, 1827
Boie
1827
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Reptilia
Colubridae
Ahaetulla
Animalia
Squamata
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18
Chordata
subSpecies
prasina
prasina
Material examined. MHLCLFE C168 (male; SVL 686 mm, TaL 380 mm), about 2 kmsouth of Mukomuko, Province of Sumatera Barat, elev. 500 m. Taxonomic comments. This green specimen is typical of this species as defined by Smith (1943), in spite of its entire anal plate. This species currently includes three subspecies, of which only the nominate form occurs on Sumatra. Scalation: VEN 213; SC 178.
Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Aceh, Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu, Sumatera Selatan, and Lampung ( David & Vogel, 1996; this work); also the islands of PulauWe, Bangka, Belitung, Nias and Simeulue, and Mentawai Archipelago and Riau Archipelago ( David & Vogel, 1996).
Biology. This specimen was perched on a branch at 1.5 mabove the ground, at day, on the edge of a forest near the western shore of Lake Maninjau. Some other green specimens were seen in captivity in Lubukbasung.