New records of Colubridae and Updated list of Snakes (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes) in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam
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Abstract
We report eight new records of snakes in based on the reptile collections in Kon Chu Rang Natural Reserve, Gia Lai Province. All eight species belong to the Colubridae, including: Boiga bourreti Tillack, Ziegler & Khac Quyet, 2004; Hebius khasiensis (Boulenger, 1890); Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel, 1837); Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1835); Lycodon anakradaya Nguyen, Duong, Wood & Grismer, 2022; L. cf. truongi Nguyen, Duong, Wood & Grismer, 2022; L. subcinctus (Boie, 1827) and Oligodon culaochamensis Nguyen, Nguyen, Nguyen, Phan, Jiang & Murphy, 2017. Moreover, we further described 12 snake species collected during the field survey, including: Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827); Boiga guangxiensis Wen, 1998; Bungarus candidus (Linnaeus, 1758); B. fasciatus (Schneider, 1801); Dendrelaphis ngansonensis (Bourret, 1935); Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905); Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827); Ptyas (Cyclophiops) multicincta (Roux, 1907); Rhabdophis chrysargos (Schlegel, 1837); Sibynophis collaris (Gray, 1853); Trimerodytes percarinatus (Zhao & Jiang, 1986); and Trimeresurus vogeli (David, Vidal & Pauwels, 2001).
In addition, we provide an updated list of 64 snake species from Gia Lai Province. The snakes fauna of Gia Lai Province contains several species of conservation concern with four species listed in the Governmental Decree No. 84/2021/ND-CP (2021), six species listed in the Vietnam Red Data Book (2007), and seven species listed in the IUCN Red List (2024).
Keywords:
new record, snakes, taxonomy, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, Gia Lai Province
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Le Duc, O., Van Thong, P., Bordes, C., LePrince, B. E. N. J. A. M. I. N., Ducotterd, C., Zuklin, T., ... & Luiselli, L. (2021). Characteristics of a snake community in the hilly forest of Quan Son District, northern Vietnam. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 16(3), 491-505.
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Le, T. D., Nguyen, LH. S., Pham, T. C., Nguyen, Q. T. (2014). New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Dien Bien province. Academia Journal of Biology, 36(4), 460-470.
Luong, M. A., Nguyen, Q. T., Pham, T. C., & Phan, Q. T. (2022). New provincial records of the genus hebius (squamata: colubridae:) from Vietnam. Journal of Forestry Science and Technology. No 5-2022, 125-130
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Nemes, L., Babb, R., Van Devender, W., Nguyen, K. V., Le, Q. K., Vu, T. N., ... & Ziegler, T. (2013). First contribution to the reptile fauna of Quang Ngai Province, central Vietnam. Biodiversity Journal, 4(2), 301-326.
Nguyen, Q. T., David, P., Tran, T. T., Luu, Q. V., Le, K. Q., & Ziegler, T. (2010). Amphiesmoides ornaticeps (Werner, 1924), an addition to the snake fauna of Vietnam, with a redescription and comments on the genus Amphiesmoides Malnate, 1961 (Squamata: Natricidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 45.
Nguyen, S. N., Nguyen, V. D. H., Nguyen, T. Q., Le, N. T. T., Nguyen, L. T., Vo, B. D., ... & Zhang, Y. P. (2017). A new color pattern of the Bungarus candidus complex (Squamata: Elapidae) from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 4268(4), 563-572.
Nguyen, S. N., Vo, T. D., & Murphy, R. W. (2022). A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Langbian Plateau, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 5196(4), 555-566.
Nguyen, T. A., Tran, V. H., Nguyen, L. T., Bui, T. V., Hoang, H. Q., Nguyen, Y. K. T., & Ha, L. T. (2017). Preliminary results of species diversy of vertebare (mammal, amphibian, and reptile) at green connection area between Kon Ka Kinh National Park and Kon Chu Rang Nature reserve, Gia Lai province. Journal of Forestry Science and Technology, 1, 104116.
Nguyen, T. Q., Nguyen, T. V., Pham, C. T., Ong, A. V., & Ziegler, T. (2018). New records of snakes (Squamata: Serpentes) from Hoa Binh Province, northwestern Vietnam. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 67(1), 15-24.
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Uetz P, Freed P, Hosek J (eds) (2024) The Reptile Database, available at http://www.reptile-database.org/ Accessed in January 2024.
Van Duong, Tang, Perry L. Wood Jr, and L. Lee Grismer. "Two new syntopic species of wolf snakes (genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826) from an imperiled ecosystem in the Song Giang River Valley of southern Vietnam (Squamata: Colubridae)." Vertebrate Zoology 72 (2022): 371-384.
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Vogel G, David P, Pauwels OSG, Brachte N (2004) On the occurrence of the watersnake Sinonatrix aequifasciata (Barbour, 1908) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Natricinae) in Vietnam. Hamadryad 29(1): 110–114
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Ziegler, T., Herrmann, H. W., Thanh, V. N., Quyet, L. K., Hie, N. T., Chinh, C. X., ... & Tri, D. H. (2004). The amphibians and reptiles of the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Hamadryad - Madras -, 28, 19-42.
Ziegler, T., Orlov, N. L., Giang, T. T., Truong, N. Q., Tao, N. T., Quyet, L. K., ... & Thanh, V. N. (2010). New records of cat snakes, Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae), from Vietnam, inclusive of an extended diagnosis of Boiga bourreti Tillack, Le & Ziegler, 2004. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 86(2), 263-274.
Ziegler, T., Tran, D. T. A., Nguyen, T. Q., Perl, R. G. B., Wirk, L., Kulisch, M., ... & Vu, T. N. (2014). New amphibian and reptile records from Ha Giang Province, northern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes, 7, 185-201.