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Bonkowski, Michael, Calame, Thomas and Ziegler, Thomas (2018). A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from central Laos. Rev. Suisse Zool., 125 (2). S. 263 - 277. GENEVA 6: MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE. ISSN 0035-418X

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Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Lycodon Boie based on an adult male specimen from Khammouane Province, central Laos. Lycodon banksi sp. nov. is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) dorsal scales in 17-17-15 rows, dorsal scales on the anterior 2/3 of the body length smooth, the six central dorsal scale rows of the posterior 1/3 of the body length feebly keeled; (2) supralabials 8; (3) infralabials 10; (4) loreal in contact with the eye; (5) cloacal single; (6) ventral scales 241; (7) dorsal surface of body with 87 greyish yellow blotches; (8) ventral surface of body and tail uniformly grey cream. Based on the molecular comparison, Lycodon banksi sp. nov. is placed in a Glade with other species previously considered to be members of the genus Dinodon. The new species is at least 9% genetically divergent from other species within this Glade as shown by a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b. This discovery increases the number of Lycodon species known from Laos to eleven.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Bonkowski, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Calame, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ziegler, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-175593
DOI:	10.5281/zenodo.1414221
Journal or Publication Title:	Rev. Suisse Zool.
Volume:	125
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 263 - 277
Date:	2018
Publisher:	MUSEUM HISTOIRE NATURELLE
Place of Publication:	GENEVA 6
ISSN:	0035-418X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Zoology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17559