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Takydromus sexlineatus subsp. ocellatus Cuvier 1829

Description

Takydromus sexlineatus ocellatus Cuvier, 1829 *

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0429 (male; SVL 59.0 mm, TaL> 20 mm, missing), Province of Jambi, elev. 20 m.

Taxonomic comments. This strongly ocellated specimen is typical of the species (see, for example, Taylor, 1965 and Schlüter, 2003).

Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Jambi (first record in this work), and Aceh, Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, Riau, Bengkulu, Sumatera Selatan, and Lampung (De Rooij, 1915; Y. Laumonier, pers. comm., 1998; this work).

Biology. This specimen was regurgitated by a Dendrelaphis pictus (see below; specimen MHLCLFE 167).

Another specimen was observed in a lawn of the zoological park of Jakarta. It was active at day time.

Notes

Published as part of Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 2416 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194395

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References

  • Taylor, E. H. (1965) The serpents of Thailand and adjacent waters. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 45 (9), 609 - 1096.
  • Schluter, U. (2003) Die Langschwanzeidechsen der Gattung Takydromus. Pflege, Zucht und Lebensweise. Kirschner & Seufer Verlag, Keltern-Weiler (Germany), 1 - 110.
  • De Rooij, N. (1915) The reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria., E. J. Brill, Leyden, xiv + 384 pp.