Boiga philippina ( Peters, 1867 )

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 : 431-432

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724532

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scientific name

Boiga philippina ( Peters, 1867 )
status

 

Boiga philippina ( Peters, 1867) View in CoL

Photo figure 35

Luzon Cat Snake

Dipsas philippina W. Peters, 1867:27 View in CoL .

Dipsadomorphus philippinus, Boulenger, 1896:77 .

Boiga philippina, Griffin, 1911:263 View in CoL .— Taylor, 1922a:206.— Leviton, 1970a:312.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:14, fig. 7B.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:12, fig. 26.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, van Weerd, van Beijnen, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:74, fig. 77.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:104.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Ylaces (= Ilocos Prov.), Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: NMW 23401 View Materials .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 5A [p. 116]).— Babuyan Ids. (Babuyan Claro), Luzon (Prov.: Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Ilocos, Laguna, Zambales).

REMARKS.— Although Leviton (1970:312) speculated that this species could be conspecific with B. angulata , recent phylogenetic studies (J. Weinell, pers. obser.) seem to rule out the possibilty of a close relationship between the two species. Furthermore, although Vogel (2015:13) suggested that B. philippina belongs to the B. drapiezii complex, his comments do not appear to be based on any new accompanying data.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1. The confusion surrounding the identity and distribution of this species suggests it should be classified as “Data Defficient” until field and taxonomic studies clarify its staus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Boiga

Loc

Boiga philippina ( Peters, 1867 )

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018
2018
Loc

Boiga philippina, Griffin, 1911:263

BROWN, RAFE & H. OLIVEROS & CAMERON & D. SILER & JASON & B. FERNANDEZ & LUKE & J. WELTON & PERRY ARCHIVAL & C. BUENAVENTE & MAE LOWE & L. DIESMOS & AND ARVIN & C. DIESMOS 2012: 12
LEVITON, ALAN 1970: 312
TAYLOR, EDWARD 1922: 206
GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE 1911: 263
1911
Loc

Dipsadomorphus philippinus

BOULENGER, GEORGE 1896: 77
1896
Loc

Dipsas philippina W. Peters, 1867:27

PETERS, WILHELM 1867: 27
1867
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