Boiga drapiezii, Boie, 1827

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, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 431

Boiga drapiezii ssp. (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827)

White-spotted Cat Snake

Dipsas drapiezii H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827:549.

Boiga drapiezii, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:101 .— Binaday and Lobos, 2016:425

Boiga drapiezii drapiezii, Gaulke, 1994b:137 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia (see Wallach et al. [2014:101], for restrictions of type locality). Holotype: RMNH 1006 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Luzon (Prov.: Laguna, Quezon, Sorsogon), Mindanao (Prov.: Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City]), Sulu Archipelago (Tawi-Tawi).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— (widely distributed according to Vogel [2015:7]) Thailand, Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia (Java, Mentawai Ids., Sumatra, Naturna Ids., Borneo); Myanmar (fide Lee et al. [2015]).

REMARKS.— As noted above under Boiga angulata , both B. angulata and B. schultzei are likely color variants of B. drapiezii (see early comments by Taylor [1923:553], also Leviton, [1970a:310–311]).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.