Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5492 No. 4: 7 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.5
Page range: 563-581
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 3

Expanded description & range extension of Lycodon sidiki Wostl, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith, 2017 (Squamata: Colubridae)

Institute for Research and Training in Medicine; Biology and Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; Da Nang; 550000; Vietnam; College of Medicine and Pharmacy; Duy Tan University; 120 Hoang Minh Thao; Lien Chieu; Da Nang; 550000; Vietnam
Reptiles & Amphibiens; UMR 7205 OSEB; Département évolution et Systématique; CP 30; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. 57 rue Cuvier; F-75231 Paris Cedex 05; France
Society for South East Asian Herpetology; Im Sand-3; D-69115 Heidelberg; Germany
Reptilia Sumatra taxonomy morphology distribution Lycodon fasciatus species group

Abstract

The wolf snake species Lycodon sidiki was described based on only one specimen from Aceh Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Herein, we report new characters and a range extension of this species based on a re-examination of eight preserved specimens deposited in the collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria (NHMW). Based on the new information, we record this species for the first time from West Sumatra Province (Padang) and update its diagnostic characters. Furthermore, we provide distinguishing features from the closely related species belonging to the Lycodon fasciatus species group. In addition, we also update the key to Lycodon species in Sumatra Island.

 

References

  1. Chan-ard, T., Nabhitabhata, J. & Parr, J.W. (2015) A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 352 pp.
  2. Chettri, B. & Bhupathy, S. (2009) Occurrence of Dinodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878) in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1 (1), 60–61. https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o1960.60-1
  3. Chettri, Basundhara. & Bhupathy, S. (2009) Occurrence of Dinodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878) in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1 (1), 60–61
  4. David, P., Teynié, A. & Vogel, G. (2023) The Snakes of Laos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 960 pp.
  5. David, P. & Vogel, G. (1996) The Snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Ed. Chimaira, Frankfurt-am-Main, 260 pp.
  6. Dowling, H.G. (1951) A proposed standard system of counting ventrals in snakes. British Journal of Herpetology, 1, 97–99.
  7. Grismer, L.L., Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, M.S.S, Muin, M.A., Wood, P.L. & Nor, S.A.M. (2014) A diminutive new species of cave-dwelling Wolf Snake (Colubridae: Lycodon Boie, 1826) from Peninsular Malaysia. Zootaxa, 3815 (1), 51–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.3
  8. Janssen, H.Y., Pham, C.T., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D., Nguyen, T.Q. & Ziegler, T. (2019) A new species of Lycodon Boie, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from northern Vietnam. ZoooKeys, 875, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.875.35933
  9. Janssen, H.Y., Ren J.R., Li J.-T., Zeng W., Nguyen, T.T., Nguyen, T.Q, Bui Q.T.T., Ngo, H.T., Le, M.D. & Ziegler, T. (2020) Range extension & extended diagnosis of Lycodon pictus: First country record from China. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 127 (2), 10413–422. https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0030
  10. Lei, J., Sun, X., Jiang, K., Vogel, G., Booth, D.T. & Ding, L. (2014) Multilocus phylogeny of Lycodon and the taxonomic revision of Oligodon multizonatum. Asian Herpetological Research, 5 (1), 26–37. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1245.2014.00026
  11. Maki, M. (1931) Monograph of the snakes of Japan. Dai-ichi Shobo, Tokyo, (1) + 7 + 240 pp. [expanded edition 1933]
  12. Mistry, V., Vogel, G. & Tillack, F. (2007) Rediscovery of Dinodon gammiei (Blanford 1878) (Serpentes, Colubridae), with discussion of its validity. Hamadryad, 31 (2), 265–273
  13. Nabhitabhata, J., Chan-ard, T. & Chuaynkern, Y. (2000) Checklist of amphibians and reptiles in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, 152 pp.
  14. Nguyen, T.V., Lee, J.L., Pauwels, O.S.G., Kennedy-Gold, S.R., Poyarkov, N.A., David, P. & Vogel, G. (2024) The nomenclatural status of Anoplophallus maculatus Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa. [in review]
  15. Poyarkov, N.A., Nguyen, T.V., Popov, E.S., Geissler, P., Pawangkhanant, P., Neang, T., Suwannapoom, C., Ananjeva, N.B. & Orlov, N.L. (2023) Recent progress in taxonomic studies, biogeographic analysis and revised checklist of Reptiles in Indochina. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30 (5), 255–476. https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-5-255-476
  16. Savage, J.M. (1973) A revised terminology for plates in the loreal region of snakes. British Journal of Herpetology, 5 (1), 360–362.
  17. Shu, F., Lyu, B., Guo, K., Zhang, T., Mi, X., Li, L., Wu, Y. & Guo, P. (2024) Rediscovery of Lycodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878) (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Xizang, China, with comments on its systematic position. ZooKeys, 1200, 65–74. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1200.117260
  18. Siler, C.D., Oliveros, C.H., Santanen, A. & Brown, R.M. (2013) Multilocus phylogeny reveals unexpected diversification patterns in Asian wolf snakes (genus Lycodon). Zoologica Scripta, 42 (3), 262–277. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12007
  19. Teynié, A., David, P. & Ohler, A. (2010) Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa, 2416 (1), 1–43. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.1
  20. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hošek, J. (2024) The Reptile Database. Available from: https://www.reptiledatabase.reptarium.cz/ (accessed 1 May 2024)
  21. Vogel, G. & Luo, J. (2011) A new species of the genus Lycodon (Boie, 1826) from the southwestern mountains of China (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa, 2807 (1), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2807.1.2
  22. Vogel, G. & David, P. (2019) A new species of the Lycodon fasciatus complex from the Khorat Plateau, eastern Thailand (Reptiles, Squamata, Colubridae). Zootaxa, 4577 (3), 515–528. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.6
  23. Vogel, G., David, P., Pauwels, O.S.G., Sumontha, M., Norval, G, Hendrix, R., Vu, T.N. & Ziegler, T. (2009) A revision of Lycodon ruhstrati (Fischer 1886) auctorum (Squamata Colubridae), with the description of a new species from Thailand and a new subspecies from the Asian mainland. Tropical Zoology, 22 (2), 131–182.
  24. Vogel, G., Nguyen, T.Q., Kingsada, P. & Ziegler, T. (2012) A new species of the genus Lycodon Boie 1826 from Laos (Squamata, Colubridae). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 8 (2), 344–352.
  25. Wang, K., Yu, Z.B., Vogel, G. & Che, J. (2021) Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) in China, with description of two new species and resurrection and elevation of Dinodon septentrionale chapaense Angel, Bourret, 1933. Zoological Research, 42 (1), 62–86. https://doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.286
  26. Wostl, E. (2021) Lycodon sidiki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2021, e.T127912332A127912336.
  27. Wostl, E., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N. & Smith, E.N. (2017) A new species of wolf snake of the genus Lycodon H. Boie in Fitzinger (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa, 4276 (4), 530–553. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.6
  28. Xu, Y.H., Gong, Y.A., Tian, S.N., Zhu, Y.W., Yang, D.C. & Huang, R.Y. (2023) Lycodon pictus found in Libo County, Guizhou Province. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 58 (6), 954–960. https://doi.org/10.13859/j.cjz.202322333
  29. Zhang, J., Jiang, K., Vogel, G. & Rao, D.Q. (2011) A new species of the genus Lycodon (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan Province, China. Zootaxa, 2982 (1), 59–68. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2982.1.6