Assamese Cat Snake Boiga quincunciata (Wall, 1908) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) - new country record for Bhutan

Lekey Chaida; Abhijit Das; Ugyen Tshering; Dorji Wangdi

doi:10.11609/jott.5597.12.5.15664-15667

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Apr 2020)

Assamese Cat Snake Boiga quincunciata (Wall, 1908) (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) - new country record for Bhutan

Lekey Chaida,
Abhijit Das,
Ugyen Tshering,
Dorji Wangdi

Affiliations

Lekey Chaida: Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samdrupjongkhar, Jomotsangkha, 41104, Bhutan.
Abhijit Das: Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun. Uttarkhand 248002, India.
Ugyen Tshering: Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samdrupjongkhar, Jomotsangkha, 41104, Bhutan.
Dorji Wangdi: Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary, Department of Forests and Park Services, Samdrupjongkhar, Jomotsangkha, 41104, Bhutan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5597.12.5.15664-15667
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 15664 – 15667

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We report first country record of Boiga quincunciata (Wall, 1908) (Squamata: Colubridae) from Bhutan. This addition increases the ophidian fauna of Bhutan to 70 species and adds the seventh species of snake within the genus Boiga.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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