Rhabdophis auriculatus auriculatus ( Günther, 1858 ), 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 : 445

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12692638

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scientific name

Rhabdophis auriculatus auriculatus ( Günther, 1858 )
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Rhabdophis auriculatus auriculatus ( Günther, 1858)

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Günther’s Philippine Keelback Snake; Günther’s White-lined Water Snake

Tropidonotus auriculata Günther, 1858:80 .— Boulenger, 1893:261, pl. 17, fig. 1 (part).

Natrix auriculata, Griffin, 1911:257 (part).— Taylor, 1922a:89, text-fig. 7, pl. 4, figs. 2–4 View FIGURE View FIGURE .

Rhabdophis auriculata auriculata, Leviton, 1970c:356 View in CoL , figs. 2–3 View FIGURE , 7.— Smith, 1993:98.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:97, fig. 72.

Rhabdophis auriculatus auriculatus, David, Pauwels, Lays, and Lenglet, 2006:218 View in CoL , fig. 12.

Rhabdophis auriculatus, Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:621 View in CoL (part).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Philippines, restricted to Mt. Apo , Davao Prov., Mindanao Id. by Leviton (1970:356). Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.16 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 33C [p. 144]).— Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Cotabato, Davao City, Davao Occidental, Misamis Oriental, South Cotabato, Surigao del Sur), Samar.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Rhabdophis auriculatus auriculatus has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life as Rhabdophis auriculata and as such it is listed by IUCN as Least Concern.

DAVID, PATRICK, OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS, PASCAL F. A. G. LAYS, AND GEORGES L. LENGLET. 2006. On a collection of reptiles from southern Mindanao Island, the Philippines. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 76: 201 - 227, 16 figs., 5 tables.

GRIFFIN, LAWRENCE E. 1911. A check-list and key of Philippine snakes. Philippine Journal of Science 6 (5): 253 - 268.

GUNTHER, ALBERT C. L. G. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Trustees of the British Museum, London, UK. xvi + 281 pp.

LEVITON, ALAN E. 1970 c. Description of a new subspecies of Rhabdophis auriculata in the Philippines, with comments on the zoogeography of Mindanao Island. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 38 (18): 347 - 362, 7 figs.

SANGUILA, M. B., K. A. COBB, C. D. SILER, A. C. DIESMOS, A. C. ALCALA, AND R. M. BROWN. 2016. The amphibians and reptiles of Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, II: the herpetofauna of northeast Mindanao and adjacent islands. Zookeys 624: 1 - 132, 81 figs., 2 tables. (doi: 10.3897 / zookeys. 634.9814)

TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1922 a. The Snakes of the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Science, Manila, Philippines. 312 pp., 32 text-figs., 63 tables, 37 pls.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

SuperFamily

Colubroidea

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Natricinae

Genus

Rhabdophis