A new Liopeltis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Som, Hannah E., Lee Grismer, L., Grismer, Jesse L., Wood, Perry L., Quah, Evan S.H., Brown, Rafe M., Diesmos, Arvin C., Weinell, Jeffrey L., Stuart, Bryan L.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Colubridae—Variation—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4219
• Institution: De La Salle University

Liopeltis is a genus of poorly known, infrequently sampled species of colubrid snakes in tropical Asia. We collected a specimen of Liopeltis from Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia, that superficially resembled L. philippina, a rare species that is endemic to the Palawan Pleistocene Aggregate Island...