Dryocalamus philippinus Griffin, 1909a

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 : 435

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scientific name	Dryocalamus philippinus Griffin, 1909a
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Dryocalamus philippinus Griffin, 1909a View in CoL

Philippine Bridal Snake

Dryocalamus philippinus Griffin, 1909b:596 View in CoL .— Taylor, 1922a:123, pl. 10, fig. 2, pl. 11, figs. 1, 3.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:248.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Iwahig , Palawan Id., Philippines. Neotype: CAS 62174 About CAS , “designated by Leviton herein” (stated designation by Leviton, courtesy of Wallach et al. [2014:245]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 13C [p. 124]).— Balabac, Palawan (Iwahig, Puerto Princesa).

REMARKS.— Leviton (1959:262) expressed his opinion that D. philippinus and D. tristrigatus were conspecific. Wallach et al. (2014:245) cited Leviton but the question of conspecificity remains unresolved.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Vulnerable A4c [2016] ver. 3.1.