First record of \(\textit{Opisthotropis durandi}\) Teynié, Lottier, David, Nguyen & Vogel, 2014 (Squamata: Natricidae) from Vietnam

Ha Van Nghia; Thoma Ziegler; Nguyen Quang Truong; Le Duc Minh; Luu Quang Vinh

doi:10.15625/2615-9023/17556

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Ha Van Nghia Vietnam National University of Forestry, Vietnam
Thoma Ziegler Institute of Zoology, Cologne University, Germany
Nguyen Quang Truong Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, VAST, Vietnam
Le Duc Minh University of Science, Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Luu Quang Vinh Vietnam National University of Forestry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/2615-9023/17556

Keywords:

New record, taxonomy, morphology, molecular, snake, Dien Bien, Vietnam

Abstract

We provide the first country record of Opisthotropis durandi Teynié, Lottier, David, Nguyen & Vogel, 2014 from Vietnam based on a single snake specimen from Dien Bien province. The species previously was only known from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos). DNA sequence data of a male specimen from Vietnam match those of one a specimen of O. durandi from Phongsali province, Laos, and the newly collected individual from Vietnam also corresponds O. durandi in terms of diagnostic morphological features, except for a slightly higher ventral number (185 versus 177−181).

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