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A Range Extension for Dryophiops Rubescens (Gray, 1835) with the First Record of the Species from Vietnam Herpetology Notes, volume 14: 795-798 (2021) (published online on 19 May 2021) A range extension for Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1835) with the first record of the species from Vietnam James Holden1 and Nikolay A. Poyarkov2,* Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1835), the keel- 170 m). The snake was basking on a vertical trunk of bellied whip snake, is an arboreal colubrid snake of Dipterocarpus alatus at a height of ca. 15 m above the the subfamily Ahaetuliinae (Figueroa et al., 2016). ground (Fig. 2A) in polydominant semi-deciduous This poorly known species inhabits lowland forests monsoon tropical forest with dense canopy. When and forest edges, and ranges thoughout the Sundaland disturbed by a long stick during an attempt to capture it, biogeographic province, from the Isthmus of Kra in the snake quickly moved higher up the trunk of the tree. southern Thailand southward through the Thai-Malay Though we failed to collect the specimen, a number of Peninsula into Sumatra and Borneo, the Mentawai and photos were taken using a Panasonic Lumix FZ1000ii Natuna Archipelagos, and Java (Das, 2011; Chan-ard camera shot at 400 mm. Our identification of the specimen et al., 2015; Fig. 1). Dryophiops rubescens was also as D. rubescens was confirmed by L. Lee Grismer (pers. reported from north of the Isthmus of Kra in western comm.). Photo vouchers were deposited in the photo Thailand, in Phetchaburi and Tak Provinces, and from depository of the La Sierra University Digital Collection, southeastern Thailand in Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Riverside, California, USA (LSUDC 12654–58). Chanthaburi and Trat Provinces (Chan-Ard et al., 2015; The specimen was identified as a member of D. Thai National Parks, 2021; P. Pawangkhanant, pers. rubescens based on the following morphological comm.). Finally, the species was reported from Phnom characters (Das, 2011): slender, compressed body with Aural in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia (Grismer head distinct from neck; large, slightly bulging eyes et al., 2007; Fig. 1). While these records from mainland with a horizontal pupil; rostral protuberance absent Southeast Asia confirm the presence of D. rubescens in (Fig. 2D); and an inconspicuous greyish tan dorsum Cambodia and Thailand, records from other mainland with scattered small dark-brown and pale markings regions have yet to be published. (Fig. 2B,C); labials with dark-brown markings (Fig. In February 2021, we recorded an arboreal snake in the 2C,D); dark streaks on forehead, dark-brown postocular Nam Cat Tien section of Cat Tien National Park, Tan Phu streaks (Fig. 2D), and a cream venter (Fig. 2B). District, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam. The specimen was The observed snake is markedly different from the not collected, but the photographic record unambiguously superficially similar, sympatric arboreal colubrids of allowed identification as D. rubescens. We here present the genus Ahaetuella Link, 1807 by overall body shape the first record of the genus and species for Vietnam, with and colouration and the absence of an enlarged rostral additional information on its natural history. scale or a rostral protuberance. It also differs from An adult D. rubescens was observed on 18 February members of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 2021 at ca. 13:30 h by J. Holden on the trail to Bau by its greyish-brown colouration, lacking the broad Sau Lake (11.4505°N, 107.3644°E, WGS 84; elevation black postocular stripes, extending to the neck and body flanks, characteristic ofDendrelaphis . Our observation of D. rubescens represents the first record of the genus and species for Vietnam (Nguyen et 1 Forest Floor Lodge, Cat Tien National Park, Tan Phu, Dong al., 2009). The new locality in Cat Tien National Park Nai, Vietnam. 2 Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Biological Faculty, currently represents the easternmost distributional limit Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, of the species in mainland Southeast Asia, ca. 350 airline Russia; and Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and km east from the nearest known population in Phnom Technological Center, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. Aural Wildlife Sanctuary, Aoral District, Kampong Speu * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Province, Cambodia (Grismer et al., 2007). This record © 2021 by Herpetology Notes. Open Access by CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. of D. rubescens is of certain biogeographic interest since 796 James Holden & Nikolay A. Poyarkov Figure 1. Distribution of Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1835). The occurrence of this species throughout Sundaland is shown in red. In Indochina localities are marked using numbered red circles, including 11 for Thailand (1 – Phuket Province; 2 – Thap Put District, Phang Nga Province; 3 – Khao Sok National Park, Surat Thani Province; 4 – Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi Province; 5 – Umphang District, Tak Province; 6 – Phop Phra District, Tak Province; 7 – Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province; 8 – Khao Yai National Park, Prachin Buri Province; 9 – Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary, Chachoengsao Province; 10 – Khao Soi Dao National Park, Chanthaburi Province; 11 – Ko Chang District, Trat Province) and one for Cambodia (12 – Phnom Aural, Kampong Speu Province; Grismer et al., 2007). The new locality in Vietnam (13 – Cat Tien National Park, Dong Nai Province) is indicated by the red star. All localities except 10 from Chan-ard et al. (2015) and Thai National Parks (2021). Locality 10 is via personal communication of P. Pawangkhanant. it provides further evidence for the presence of Sundaic of southern Vietnam. This record is also interesting elements in the herpetofauna of lowland tropical forests since it suggests that the heterogeneous topography of Range Extension for Dryophiops rubescens 797 mainland Southeast Asia has not limited this species’ References distribution. This is not surprising given the rich history Chan-ard, T., Nabhitabhata, J., Parr, J.W. (2015): A Field Guide to the of inundations and land bridges, which repeatedly Reptiles of Thailand. New York, USA, Oxford University Press. separated and reconnected the Indochinese and Sundaic Das, I. (2010): A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia. landmasses during the Pleistocene (Voris, 2000). London, United Kingdom, New Holland Publishers. Several other Sundaic snake species were previously De Koninck, R. (1999): Deforestation in Viet Nam. 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The https://www.thainationalparks.com. Accessed on 18 February last published reptile species list of the national park 2021. includes at least 104 species (Vassilieva et al., 2016). Vassilieva, A.B., Galoyan, E.A., Poyarkov, N.A., Geissler, P. Our record brings the total number of reptile species (2016): A Photographic Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Lowland Monsoon Forests of Southern Vietnam. known for the Cat Tien National Park to 105, and the Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Edition Chimaira. total number of reptiles known for Vietnam to 470. This Voris, H.K. (2000): Maps of Pleistocene sea levels in Southeast further underlines the role of Cat Tien National Park as a Asia: shorelines, river systems and time durations. Journal of key territory for preservation of herpetofaunal diversity Biogeography 27(5): 1153−1167. in Vietnam. Acknowledgments. We are thankful to L.
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