Boiga angulata ( Peters, 1861 )

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 : 429

Boiga angulata ( Peters, 1861)

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Philippine Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Dipsas (Dipsadomorphus) angulata Peters, 1861:688 .

Boiga angulata, Griffin, 1910:213 ; 1911:263.— Taylor, 1922a:204, pl. 26, figs. 1–3 , pl. 27.— Leviton, 1970a:295.— Ross and Gonzales, 1992:64.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:99.

Boiga cf. angulata, Gaulke, 2001:23 , figs. 1a–b; 2011:240–241, figs. 157–158.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Leyte Id., Philippines (restricted to “NE shore of Leyte Is. between Tacloban (11°5ʹN, 125°00ʹE) and Dulag (10°57ʹN, 125°02ʹE),” by Wallach et al. [2014:99]). Holotype: ZMB 4000 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 3C [p. 114]).— Bohol, Catanduanes, Leyte, Luzon (Prov.: Laguna, Sorsogon, Zambales), Mindanao (Prov.: Bukidnon, North Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Lanao, Zamboanga City), Negros, Panay (Prov.: Alkan, Antique), Panay (Prov.: Antique), Polillo.

REMARKS.— According to Taylor (1923:553), Boiga angulata , also B. schultzei , are related to B. drapiezii (see Leviton [1970a:310–311]; also RM Brown, unpublished data). Jeffrey Weinell (2017, pers. comm.) suggested that the following citations for Boiga angulata are in error inasmuch as the associated images are of B. cynodon ( Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy [2001:51 {18}]; Devan-Song and Brown [2012:12, fig. 25]).

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

Figures

FIGURE 1. Acutotyphlops banaorum (Kalinga Prov., Luzon Id.) (FMNH 262249 [paratype]). Photo © RMB.

FIGURE 2. Indotyphlops braminus (Ilocos Norte Prov., Luzon Id.) (KU 329680). Photo © RMB.