Published March 29, 2018 | Version v1
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Calamaria gervaisii subsp. polillensis Taylor 1923

  • 1. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 2. Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.
  • 3. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
  • 4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines.

Description

Calamaria gervaisii polillensis Taylor, 1923

Polillo Island Reed Snake

Calamaria polillensis Taylor, 1923:549.— Marx and Inger, 1955:205.

Calamaria gervaisi Inger and Marx, 1965:106 (part).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Polillo Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 62455.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 6C [p. 117]).— Polillo.

REMARKS.— Whether this nominal taxon deserves recognition as distinct from the neighboring Luzon population of C. g. gervaisi is an open question.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Only reported as C. gervaisi, Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

Notes

Published as part of Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, pp. 399-568 in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 64 (14) on page 424, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS
Material sample ID
CAS 62455
Scientific name authorship
Taylor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Calamaria
Species
polillensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Calamaria gervaisii subsp. polillensis Taylor, 1923 sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018

References

  • TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1923. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III. Philippine Journal of Science 22 (5): 515 - 555.