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Description |
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species occurs in Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Assam in northeastern India, and in Sagaing Division and Rakhine State, northern Myanmar (Slowinski et al. 2001). Its distribution in Chin State is unconfirmed (G. Wogan pers. comm. 2011).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
India; Myanmar
Additional data:
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 500
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Population [top]
Population: No information is available on its population. It is not a widespread species within its range, although it is recorded frequently.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Lycodon zawi is a nocturnal species that is active at night along streams in evergreen forest below 500 m elevation (Slowinski et al. 2001). Although there are extensive tracts of bamboo within its range in Myanmar, the species was never observed in bamboo (Slowinski et al. 2001). It feeds on skinks, notably Sphenomorphus maculatus, a species which is abundant along streams (Slowinksi et al. 2001).
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: There are no reports of this species being utilized.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The species is threatened by loss of lowland evergreen forest to slash-and-burn cultivation (Slowinksi et al. 2001). One of the type specimens was caught while fleeing a slash-and-burn plot near the boundary of Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary in Mizoram, northeastern India (Slowinksi et al. 2001). However this is not considered a major threat at the moment, as this snake occurs over a wide area of northern Myanmar where its forest habitat is relatively undisturbed.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No species-specific conservation measures are required. Parts of this species distribution range coincide with protected areas. Further research into this snakes distribution, population status and natural history is needed.
Citation: Wogan, G. & Vogel, G. 2012. Lycodon zawi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176846A1449629. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176846A1449629.en. Downloaded on 11 August 2016.
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