Dendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke, 1994

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Dendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke, 1994

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Description. A species of the Dendrelaphis caudolineatus group, characterized by the combination of 1) absence of black longitudinal stripes; 2) absence of a pale ventrolateral line; 3) absence of a black postocular stripe; 4) an orange stripe on the neck in live specimens ( Taylor, 1922; Gaulke, 1994); 5) 173–181 ventrals (females – note that Gaulke [1994] recorded values of 171 and 172 in two specimens of undetermined sex); 6) 104–110 subcaudals; 7) relative tail-length 0.262–0.270; 8) 6–7 temporal scales on each side; 9) 9–11 infralabials on each side; 10) 4–5 scales touching the posterior borders of the parietal scales; 11) maximum total length females 126.0 cm.

Sexual dimorphism. Sexual dimorphism could not be established because only females were included in this study.

Distribution. Dendrelaphis flavescens inhabits the Sulu Archipelago (Bongao, Bubuan, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi ( Gaulke, 1994; Taylor, 1922)).

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FIGURE 6. Dendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke, 1994, adult from Sanga-Sanga island, holotype (SMF 74846; TL 126.0 cm.).