. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. 2001 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 9. pp. 23-24 The First Record of Ptyas korros (Co\ubr\dae) from Bangladesh M. Farid Ahsan1 and Shayla Parvin Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, e-mail: This is the first report of Ptyas korros from Bangladesh. The specimens reported here were collected from the Cittagong University campus between the years of 1985 and 1996. They match previously described specimens of Ptyas korros except
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. 2001 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 9. pp. 23-24 The First Record of Ptyas korros (Co\ubr\dae) from Bangladesh M. Farid Ahsan1 and Shayla Parvin Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, e-mail: This is the first report of Ptyas korros from Bangladesh. The specimens reported here were collected from the Cittagong University campus between the years of 1985 and 1996. They match previously described specimens of Ptyas korros except in the number of loreal scales. Ptyas korros is known to occur in the Assam region of India and so its presence in adjacent regions of Bangladesh is expected, but unconfirmed until now. Key Serpentes, Colubridae, Ptyas korros, Bangladesh, distribution, biogeography The number of species of snakes occurring in Bang- ladesh is still debatable because of the lack of confir- mation of some species. However, lists have been compiled based on a number of field studies con- ducted in different parts of the country. Sarker (1975) recorded 20 species, Montaquim (1979) reported 18 species, Montaquim et al. (1980) recorded 28 species and Rashid (1982) recorded 22 species from Bang- ladesh. Whereas Khan (1982) estimated the snakes species of the country as 78 and he later reported 79 species in 1987 and 81 species in 1992 (of which the occurrence of two are doubtful). Sarker and Sarker (1988) reported 88 species, although some are uncer- tain. This report established the presence of one spe- cies, Ptyas korros (Schlegel, 1837). During the identification of the snake species pre- served in the Departmental Museum of Zoology, Chit- tagong University (CU), four specimens (three. 5 cm Figure 1. Specimen of Ptyas korros from Chittagong University Campus. collected from CU Campus [CUC] between 1985 and 1996, and one not known but possibly from CUC) of P. korros were found (Fig. 1). Unti
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