Abstract
We report seven new country records of species of reptiles on the basis of recent herpetological surveys between 2015 – 2019 in southern Thailand: Gekko (Ptychozoon) cicakterbang, Dasia grisea, and Sphenomorphus sungaicolus from Yala Province; Gonocephalus liogaster, Gekko (Sundagekko) browni, Oligodon signatus, and Xenochrophis maculatus from Narathiwat Province. Our recent findings bring the total number of reptiles recorded in Thailand to 452 species. Furthermore, our results suggest that further intensified herpetological research efforts and international collaborations are required to increase our knowledge on the herpetofaunal diversity in the tropical rain forests of southern Thailand near the border with peninsular Malaysia.
Keywords: Gonocephalus liogaster; Gekko cicaktebang; Gekko browni; Dasia grisea; Sphenomorphus sungaicolus; Oligodon signatus; Xenochrophis maculatus; new records; distribution; taxonomy; southern Thailand
Sphenomorphus sungaicolus in Betong District, Yala Province, Thailand. general lateral view in situ (UTADC 9578a) Photo by P. Pawangkhanant. |
Reptile: Squamata:
Sauria
Family Agamidae Gray, 1827
Gonocephalus liogaster (Günther, 1872)
Tropical Forest Dragon | กิ้งก่าดงตาสีฟ้า
Family Gekkonidae Gray, 1825
Gekko (Ptychozoon) cicakterbang (Grismer, Wood, Grismer, Quah, Thy, Phimmachak, Sivongxay, Seateun, Stuart, Siler, Mulcahy, Anamza et Brown, 2019)
Malaysia Parachute Gecko | ตุ๊กแกบินมลายู
Gekko (Sundagekko) browni Russell, 1979
Brown’s Gecko | ตุ๊กแกเรียวมลายู
Family Scincidae Gray, 1825
Dasia grisea (Gray, 1845)
Gray Dasia | จิ้งเหลนต้นไม้ลายแถบ
Sphenomorphus sungaicolus Sumarli, Grismer, Wood, Ahmad, Rizal, Ismail, Izam, Ahmad et Linkem, 2016
Malaysian Riparian Skink | จิ้งเหลนภูเขามลายู
Serpentes
Family Colubridae Oppel, 1811
Oligodon signatus (Günther, 1864)
Banded Kukri Snake | งูปี่แก้วหัวศร
Family Natricidae Bonaparte, 1838
Xenochrophis maculatus (Edeling, 1864)
Spotted Keelback | งูลายสอหลังจุด
Parinya Pawangkhanant, Ton Smits, Ian Dugdale, Kanokwan Yimyoo, Tan Van Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom and Nikolay A. Poyarkov. 2021. Photographic Records of Reptiles from Yala and Narathiwat Provinces Reveal Seven New Species for Thailand. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 28(3); 152-162. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2021-28-3-152-162