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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 26(2):123–124 • AUG 2019 Range Extension of the Black-banded Trinket Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus (Cantor 1839) in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam Sebastian Hoefer Department of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany ([email protected]) 123 IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS CONSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY Copyright © 2019. Sebastian Hoefer. All rights reserved. WWW.IRCF.ORG/REPTILESANDAMPHIBIANSJOURNAL T he Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis por- phyraceus) is a medium-sized colubrid found in China, Taiwan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam (Nguyen et al. 2009). In Vietnam the known distribution of O. porphyraceus has been limited to the northern provinces where it often inhabits montane forests with elevations exceeding 800 m (Ziegler et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2009; Son and Truong 2014; Das 2016; Van Tan and Truong 2016; Le et al. 2018). On 2 March 2019 at 2211h, colleagues and I found a Black-banded Trinket Snake crossing a stream (Fig. 1) in the western highlands of Lam Dong Province (11.4475°N, 108.0648°E; WGS 84; 1,281 m asl). The landscape of this area is dominated by tropical montane evergreen forest. Based on criteria listed by Das (2016), we assigned this snake to the subspecies O. p. vaillanti. Snout-vent length (SVL) was 61.5 cm and total length (TL) 76 cm. Some damage to the left eye was evident (Fig. 2). The most southerly previously published record of O. porphyraceus in Vietnam was from Quang Binh Province (Fig. Fig. 1. A Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus) found on 2 March 2019 in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, and habitat at the site where the snake was encountered. Photographs by the author (left) and Khoa Nguyen (right). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians ISSN 1098-6324 Fig. 2. Visible damage to the left eye of a Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus) found on 2 March 2019 in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Photograph by the author.
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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • 26(2):123–124 • AUG 2019
Range Extension of the Black-banded Trinket Snake, Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
(Cantor 1839) in Lam Dong Province, VietnamSebastian Hoefer
Department of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany ([email protected])
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IRCF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS • VOL15, NO 4 • DEC 2008 189TABLE OF CONTENTS
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
F E A T U R E A R T I C L E S
Chasing Bullsnakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in Wisconsin: On the Road to Understanding the Ecology and Conservation of the Midwest’s Giant Serpent ...................... Joshua M. Kapfer 190
The Shared History of Treeboas (Corallus grenadensis) and Humans on Grenada: A Hypothetical Excursion ............................................................................................................................Robert W. Henderson 198
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E S
The Texas Horned Lizard in Central and Western Texas ....................... Emily Henry, Jason Brewer, Krista Mougey, and Gad Perry 204 The Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida
.............................................Brian J. Camposano, Kenneth L. Krysko, Kevin M. Enge, Ellen M. Donlan, and Michael Granatosky 212
C O N S E R V A T I O N A L E R T
World’s Mammals in Crisis ............................................................................................................................................................. 220 More Than Mammals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 223 The “Dow Jones Index” of Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................................... 225
H U S B A N D R Y
Captive Care of the Central Netted Dragon ....................................................................................................... Shannon Plummer 226
P R O F I L E
Kraig Adler: A Lifetime Promoting Herpetology ................................................................................................ Michael L. Treglia 234
C O M M E N T A R Y
The Turtles Have Been Watching Me ........................................................................................................................ Eric Gangloff 238
B O O K R E V I E W
Threatened Amphibians of the World edited by S.N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, and B.E. Young .............................................................................................................. Robert Powell 243
CONSERVATION RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Conservation Research Reports ................................. 245 NATURAL HISTORY RESEARCH REPORTS: Summaries of Published Reports on Natural History ................................. 247 NEWBRIEFS ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 248 EDITORIAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 251 FOCUS ON CONSERVATION: A Project You Can Support ............................................................................................... 252
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The Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis por-phyraceus) is a medium-sized colubrid found in China,
Taiwan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam (Nguyen et al. 2009). In Vietnam the known distribution of O. porphyraceus has been limited to the northern provinces where it often inhabits montane forests with elevations exceeding 800 m (Ziegler et al. 2004; Nguyen et al. 2009; Son and Truong 2014; Das 2016; Van Tan and Truong 2016; Le et al. 2018). On 2 March 2019 at 2211h, colleagues and I found a Black-banded Trinket Snake crossing a stream (Fig. 1) in the western highlands of Lam Dong Province (11.4475°N, 108.0648°E; WGS 84; 1,281 m asl). The landscape of this area is dominated by tropical montane evergreen forest. Based on criteria listed by Das (2016), we assigned this snake to the subspecies O. p. vaillanti. Snout-vent length (SVL) was 61.5 cm and total length (TL) 76 cm. Some damage to the left eye was evident (Fig. 2).
The most southerly previously published record of O. porphyraceus in Vietnam was from Quang Binh Province (Fig.
Fig. 1. A Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus) found on 2 March 2019 in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, and habitat at the site where the snake was encountered. Photographs by the author (left) and Khoa Nguyen (right).
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Fig. 2. Visible damage to the left eye of a Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus) found on 2 March 2019 in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. Photograph by the author.
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3; Ziegler et al. 2004). This record extends the distribution to Lam Dong Province and is the first report of the species in southern Vietnam.
AcknowledgementsNguyen Huy, Nguyen Linh, and Hieu Pham Minh provided company and hospitality during my stay in Phan Thiet and helped find some information for this note.
Literature CitedDas, I. 2016. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-East Asia. New Holland
Publishers, London, United Kingdom.
Le, D.T., A.N. Dao, D.T. Pham, T. Ziegler, and T.Q. Nguyen. 2018. New records and an updated list of snakes from Yen Bai Province, Vietnam. Herpetology Notes 11: 101–108.
Nguyen, V., T. Ho, and Q. Nguyen. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Son, N.L.H. and N.Q. Truong. 2014. New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Dien Dien Province. Tap chi Sinh hoc 36: 460–470.
Van Tan, N. and N.Q. Truong. 2016. New records and an updated list of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology 38: 324–332.
Ziegler, T., H.-W. Herrmann, V.N. Thanh, L.K. Quyet, N. Hie, C.X. Chinh, L.M. Thanh, and D.H. Tri. 2004. The amphibians and reptiles of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Hamadryad 28: 19–42.
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Fig. 3. Map of Vietnam (http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/mapsonline/base-maps/vietnam-provinces) showing the previously known distribution of the Black-banded Trinket Snake (Oreocryptophis porphyraceus) in gray and the range extension in Lam Dong Province in red.
