Chrysopelea, H.Boie, 1826

Weinell, Jeffrey L., Hooper, Errol, Leviton, Alan E. & Brown, Rafe M., 2019, Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (1), pp. 1-49 : 22

Chrysopelea

Key to Philippine subspecies.

1a. Lateral body scales speckled (black with a bright central fleck); distinct transverse bands only in young animals; in the Philippines, only known from Sibutu Island (Sulu Archipelago)........................................................ Chrysopelea paradisi paradisi

1b. Lateral body scales mostly light; color pattern of dorsal body surface variable, but transverse bands almost always present; occurs throughout the Philippines, but not known from Sabtang Island (Batanes Island group, off northern Luzon).......... Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis