Rhabdophis lineatus ( Peters, 1861 ), Photo

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 : 446

Rhabdophis lineatus ( Peters, 1861)

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Zigzag-lined Water Snake

Tropidonotus lineatus Peters 1861:686–687 .— Boulenger 1893:262.

Natrix lineata, Taylor 1922a:92 , pl. 4, figs. 6–7, pl. 5;.1922c:293.

Rhabdophis lineatus, Bauer et al. 1995:75 .— David, Pauwels, Lays, and Lenglet, 2006:219, fig. 13.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:623.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:99, fig. 73.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Loquilocun , Insel Samar, Philippines. Syntypes (2): ZMB 3976a–b (fide Wallach et al. [2014:623] but also see additional comments by Wallach et al. [op. cit.] in regard to erroneous recognition of an additional syntype, NMW 23469 , by Tiedemann and Häpul [1980:63; 1994:76]) .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC [ Map 34C {p. 145}]).— Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte (Prov.: Leyte, Southern Leyte), Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Sur, Misamis Oriental, South Cotabato, Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City]), Samar (Prov.: Eastern Samar, Samar [formerly Western Samar]).

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