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Tropidonophis negrosensis

  • 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

Tropidonophis negrosensis (Taylor, 1917 b)

Negros Keelback Snake; Negros Spotted Snake

Natrix dendrophiops negrosensis Taylor, 1917 b:356; 1922a:97, fig. 8.

Macropophis barbouri, Malnate, 1960:49, 52, fig. 1 [map].

Tropidonophis negrosensis, Malnate and Underwood, 1988:81, figs. 1, 2 [map].— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:53 [20].— Gaulke, 2001:30, fig. 9; 2011:313–315–255, figs. 211– 213.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:737.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:170, fig. 30.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Canloan Volcano, Negros Occidental Prov., Negros Id., Philippines. Holotype: CM 2261.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 37C [p. 148]).— Azucar, Cebu, Masbate, Mindoro, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Paan de Azucar, Panay (Prov.: Iloilo), Sicogon (Prov.: Iloilo). Siquijor.

REMARKS.— A population identified as T. cf. negrosensis is herein reported from Lubang Id., based on material in the KU collection (Map 37A [p. 148]). See also Remarls under T. dendrophiops.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) [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 448, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CM
Material sample ID
CM 2261
Scientific name authorship
Taylor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Tropidonophis
Species
negrosensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Tropidonophis negrosensis (Taylor, 1917) sec. Leviton, Siler, Weinell & Brown, 2018

References

  • 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.
  • MALNATE, EDMOND V. 1960. Systematic division and evolution of the colubrid snake genus Natrix, with comments on the subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112 (3 [23 Sept.]): 41 - 71, 4 figs. [maps], 1 table.
  • 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.
  • 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.