Expanded description & range extension of Lycodon sidiki Wostl, Hamidy, Kurniawan & Smith, 2017 (Squamata: Colubridae) Author Nguyen, Tan Van Institute for Research and Training in Medicine, Biology and Pharmacy, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam. & College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Duy Tan University, 120 Hoang Minh Thao, Lien Chieu, Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam Author David, Patrick Reptiles & Amphibiens, UMR 7205 OSEB, Département évolution et Systématique, CP 30, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Author Vogel, Gernot Society for South East Asian Herpetology, Im Sand- 3, D- 69115 Heidelberg, Germany. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-08-07 5492 4 563 581 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.5 journal article 301461 10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.5 0e02d0a9-a77b-4c9b-b207-fa3e8e896a8b 1175-5326 13269088 87906811-8BB8-4AFC-A50A-8F27B8F9DF50

TABLE 2. Comparison of morphological characters of Lycodon sidiki with those of the Lycodon fasciatus group. Characters used are: (1): max SVL (mm) in males; (2): max SVL (mm) in females; (3): ratio TaL/TL in males; (4): ratio TaL/TL in females; (5): VEN in males; (6): VEN in females. Diagnostic differences from Lycodon sidiki are marked in bold. N/a: not available.

Species	1	2	3	4	5	6
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L. sidiki	650	555	0.21–0.24	0.19–0.23	195–210	207–212
			(0.23±0.01, n=4)	(0.21±0.02, n=5)	(204.3±7.2, n=4)	(209.8±1.9, n=5)
L. butleri	648	563	0.19–0.24	0.20–0.22	216–227	221–228
			(0.21±0.01, n=9)	(0.21±0.01, n=3)	(223.0±3.6, n=9)	(224.5±2.9, n=4)
L. davidi	308	N/a	0.21	N/a	224	N/a
			(n=1)		(n=1)
L. cavernicolus	406	N/a	0.20	0.21	245	232
			(n=1)	(n=1)	(n=1)	(n=1)
L. fasciatus	706	604	0.20–0.22	0.19–0.22	197–213	201–214
			(0.21±0.01, n=21)	(0.20±0.01, n=18)	(203.8±4.2, n=26)	(208.0±3.4, n=24)
L. gammiei	632	1110	0.20–0.24	0.19–0.25	205–217	205–228
			(0.22±0.03, n=2)	(0.22±0.03, n=6)	(211.00±8.49, n=2)	(216.14±7.13, n=7)
L. gongshan	740	798	0.21–0.27	0.22–0.23	203–216	210–215
			(0.23±0.02, n=8)	(0.22±0.01, n=2)	(210.3±3.6, n=10)	(212±2.6, n=3)
L. liuchengchaoi	676	670	0.20–0.22	0.16–0.22	202–204	200–228
			(0.21±0.02, n=2)	(0.19±0.02, n=6)	(203.0±1.0, n=3)	(207.3±9.7, n=7)
L. multifasciatus	490	570	0.24	0.23–0.26	237	227–232
			(n=1)	(0.25±0.01, n=5)	(n=1)	(229.8±2.2, n=4)
L. multizonatus	505	N/a	0.16–0.18	N/a	191–202	N/a
			(0.17±0.01, n=4)		(195.5±4.7, n=4)
L. obvelatus	447	N/a	0.19	N/a	199	N/a
			(n=1)		(n=1)
L. pictus	500	543	0.18–0.23	0.21–0.23	209–215	213–218
			(0.21±0.04, n=2)	(0.21±0.02, n=4)	(212.0±3.0, n=3)	(215.0±2.1, n=5)
L. ruhstrati abditus	761	762	0.19–0.24	0.19–0.24	206–224	220–229
			(0.22±0.01, n=15)	(0.22±0.01, n=19)	(217.2±5.5, n=20)	(224.2±3.3, n=19)
L. ruhstrati ruhstrati	810	672	0.22–0.25	0.21–0.24	211–228	216–228
			(0.23±0.01, n=7)	(0.23±0.01, n=11)	(217.7±4.9, n=9)	(220.4±3.2, n=12)
L. serratus	480	N/a	0.24	N/a	198	N/a
			(n=1)		(n=1)
L. synaptor	550	525	0.20–0.21	0.18–0.21	186–199	190–203
			(0.21±0.01, n=6)	(0.19±0.01, n=9)	(191.8±4.3, n=6)	(194.9±4.3, n=9)