Colubrid Snake Lycodon zawi (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh

A. H. M. Ali Reza

Abstract


Lycodon zawi is reported from Bangladesh for the first time, after its first discovery in 2001 from western Myanmar and northeast India. With a range extension of ~200 km, this is the first country record of the species from Lawachara National Park in northeastern Bangladesh. Description of live specimen, scalation patters, and natural history notes are presented.


Keywords


Lycodon zawi; range extension; Lawachara National Park; Bangladesh

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-2010-17-1-75-77

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