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Coelognathus erythrurus subsp. psephenourus Photo

  • 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

Coelognathus erythrurus psephenourus (Leviton, 1979)

Photo figure 39

Western Visayan Rat Snake

Coluber erythrurus, Boulenger, 1894:62 (part: Negros).— Boettger, 1895:3, 5 (part: Negros).

Elaphe erythrura, Griffin, 1911:260 (Negros).— Taylor, 1917:359 (Negros); 1922a:156 (part: Negros).

Elaphe eruthrura erythrura, Leviton, 1963c:384, 298, 402 (part: Cebu, Negros, Panay).

Elaphe erythrura psephenoura Leviton, 1979:111.— Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:52[19].— Gaulke, 2001:32; 2011:264–265, figs. 177, 187.

Coelognathus erythrura, Bucol, Alcala, Averia, Alcala, and Alcala, 2011:111.

Coelognathus erythrurus, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:169 (part).

Coelognathus erythrurus psephenoura, Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:168, fig. 26.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Barrio Asia, Negros Occidental Prov., Negros Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 110957.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 10C [p. 121]).— Cebu, Guimaras, Inampulugan, Masbate, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo), Siquijor, Tablas.

REMARKS.— See Remarks under Coelognathus erythrurus manillensis regarding possible presence of this subspecies throughout the Quezon-Bicol Faunal subregion (Catanduanes and Polilllo Ids., and the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Coelognathus erythrurus psephenourus has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life.

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 434, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Coelognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CAS 110957
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Photo
Species
psephenourus
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Coelognathus erythrurus subsp. psephenourus (Leviton, 1979) sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018

References

  • LEVITON, ALAN E. 1979 [1977]. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, XIII. The snakes of the genus Elaphe. Philippine Journal of Science 106 (3 - 4): 99 - 128, 5 figs.
  • BOULENGER, GEORGE A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II, containing the conclusion of the Colubridae aglyphae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), by Taylor and Francis), London, England, UK. xi + 382 pp.
  • BOETTGER, OSKAR. 1895. Beitrag zur herpetologischen Kenntniss der Calamianen, Philippinische Inseln. Abhandlungen und Berichte des koniglichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden (7): 1 - 5.
  • GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE E. 1911. A check-list and key of Philippine snakes. Philippine Journal of Science 6 (5): 253 - 268.
  • TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1917. Snakes and lizards known from Negros, with descriptions of new species and new subspecies. Philippine Journal of Science 12 (6): 353 - 382.
  • LEVITON, ALAN E. 1963 c. Remarks on the zoogeography of Philippine terrestrial snakes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 31: 369 - 416, 1 fig.
  • FERNER, JOHN W., RAFE M. BROWN, ROGELIO V. SISON, AND ROBERT S. KENNEDY. 2001. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 34 - 70.
  • GAULKE, MAREN. 2001. Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen - Teil II: Schlangen. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 23 (131): 23 - 34.
  • GAULKE, MAREN. 2011. The Herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Chimaira Buchhandelsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 390 pp., 258 figs.
  • SUPSUP, CHRISTIAN E., NEVONG M. PUNA, AUGUSTO A. ASIS, BERNARD R. REDOBLADO, MARIA FATIMA G. PANAGUINIT, FAITH M. GUINTO, EDMUND B. RICO, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, RAFE M. BROWN, AND NEIL ALDRIN D. MALLARI. 2016. Amphibians and reptiles of Cebu, Philippines: The poorly understood herpetofauna of an island with very little remaining natural habitat. Asian Herpetological Research 7 (3): 151 - 179, 36 figs., 2 tables.