First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh

The occupancy of the Condanarous sand snake Psammophis condanarus in peninsular India and its distribution in West Bengal, adjacent to Bangladesh, indicate its possible existence in the country but confirmation was wanting till date. Here, we describe and record a specimen of Psammophis condanarus f...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim K.A. Haidar, Borhan B. Romon, Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20301217
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spelling doaj-d4a78fd422ac48b08d3de9a102c92dca2021-04-02T20:23:57ZengElsevierJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity2287-884X2020-12-01134716719First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from BangladeshIbrahim K.A. Haidar0Borhan B. Romon1Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury2Venom Research Centre (VRC), Department of Medicine, Chittagong Medical College, Chattogram 4203, Bangladesh; Corresponding author. Tel.: +880 1723230631.Venom Research Centre (VRC), Department of Medicine, Chittagong Medical College, Chattogram 4203, BangladeshVenom Research Centre (VRC), Department of Medicine, Chittagong Medical College, Chattogram 4203, Bangladesh; Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram 4331, BangladeshThe occupancy of the Condanarous sand snake Psammophis condanarus in peninsular India and its distribution in West Bengal, adjacent to Bangladesh, indicate its possible existence in the country but confirmation was wanting till date. Here, we describe and record a specimen of Psammophis condanarus from Bangladesh formally for the first time elaborating on the morphometric details of the collected specimen.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20301217BangladeshCondanarous sand snakeNew country recordPsammophis condanarus
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author Ibrahim K.A. Haidar
Borhan B. Romon
Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury
spellingShingle Ibrahim K.A. Haidar
Borhan B. Romon
Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury
First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Bangladesh
Condanarous sand snake
New country record
Psammophis condanarus
author_facet Ibrahim K.A. Haidar
Borhan B. Romon
Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury
author_sort Ibrahim K.A. Haidar
title First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
title_short First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
title_full First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
title_fullStr First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh
title_sort first record of the condanarous sand snake (psammophis condanarus)(reptilia: squamata: lamprophiidae) from bangladesh
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
issn 2287-884X
publishDate 2020-12-01
description The occupancy of the Condanarous sand snake Psammophis condanarus in peninsular India and its distribution in West Bengal, adjacent to Bangladesh, indicate its possible existence in the country but confirmation was wanting till date. Here, we describe and record a specimen of Psammophis condanarus from Bangladesh formally for the first time elaborating on the morphometric details of the collected specimen.
topic Bangladesh
Condanarous sand snake
New country record
Psammophis condanarus
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20301217
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