Luhur Septiadi, Meilinda Rodhiya Idrus, Ahmad Nauval Arroyyan, Muhammad Fathoni, Muhammad Prayogi Erfanda, Sandra Rafika Devi, Berry Fakhry Hanifa, Bagus Priambodo, Irvan Sidik, Nia Kurniawan
Tetralepis fruhstorferi is a snake currently only known to be endemic to a single active volcano complex of Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java of Indonesia. Its taxonomic identity and natural history are poorly known, as the most recent collection was in 1978 and limited to only a few collection records. We investigated two recently published surveys that have misidentified this species. This may indicate that T. fruhstorferi is still present in its type locality and our future surveys would focus on finding this species to assess its taxonomy and population status. © 2023 Folium Publishing Company.
“Maliki Herpetology Society” Study Club, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Malang, 65144, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; “Varanus” Study Club, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Ampel, Surabaya, 60237, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, 65145, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim, Malang, 65144, Indonesia; Laboratory of Herpetology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences-BRIN, Widyasatwa Loka Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor km 46, Cibinong, West Java, 16911, Indonesia