title: A new species of wolf snake (Colubridae: Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826) from Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia.
abstract: A new species of the genus Lycodon Fitzinger, 1826 is described from the Cardamom Mountains of southwest Cambodia. Lycodon zoosvictoriae distinctly differs from all other species of Lycodon in Southeast Asia by a combination of its morphometric characters and unique coloration. The new species has 17 dorsal scales at midbody; 2+2 temporals; 8 supralabials; 10 infralabials; loreal separated from internasal and orbit; 213 ventrals; 85 subcaudals; pale tan brown ground color; irregular dark brown blotches on anterior part, 31 transverse blotches on posterior part of body and 26 blotches on tail. Given its submontane type locality, the new species could prove to be endemic to the Cardamom Mountains of southwest Cambodia and probably Southeast Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Fauna & Flora International, Cambodia Program.# 19, Street 360, Boeng Keng Kong 1, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Email: thy.neang@fauna-flora.org.
authors.forename: Thy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Neang
authors.affiliation: Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.affiliation: Fauna & Flora International, Cambodia Program.# 19, Street 360, Boeng Keng Kong 1, Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Room 415, Faculty of Science, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Confederation of Russia Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Seiha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hun
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Room 415, Faculty of Science, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Confederation of Russia Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Souter
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biodiversity Conservation, Room 415, Faculty of Science, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Confederation of Russia Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Neil M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Furey
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D002160:Cambodia; D017812:Colubridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male