Country Records of Snakes from Laos

Abstract

The known snake fauna of Laos continues to increase with improved sampling. We report 13 country records of colubrid and viperid snakes from Laos, based on vouchered museum specimens that were obtained during herpetological surveys over the past decade. Species included in this report are: 'Amphiesma leucomystax' David, Bain, Nguyen, Orlov, Vogel, Vu & Ziegler, 'Calamaria yunnanensis' Chernov, Elaphe prasina (Blyth), 'Fimbrios klossi' Smith, 'Liopeltis stoliczkae' (Sclater), 'Psammophis condanarus' (Merrem), 'Pseudoxenodon bambusicola' Vogt, 'Pseudoxenodon macrops' (Blyth), 'Rhabdophis nigrocinctus' (Blyth), 'Sinonatrix aequifasciata' (Barbour), 'Sinonatrix percarinata' (Boulenger), 'Ovophis monticola' (Gunther) and 'Protobothrops mucrosquamatus' (Cantor).