Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854

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 : 439-440

Lycodon muelleri Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854

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Müller’s Asian Wolf Snake

Lycodon mülleri Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854:382 .

Stegonotus dumerili (nec Boulenger), Boettger:1898:39.— Griffin, 1911:259 (in part).

Haplonodon philippinensis Griffin, 1910:212 (type locality: Polillo Island; type destroyed; neotype CAS 62425 [designated by Leviton, 1965c:127]).— Taylor, 1922a:126, text-figs. 13a–b, pl. 9.; 1922b:199; 1922d:137.

Lycodon muelleri, Leviton, 1965c:125 .— Ross and Gonzales, 1992:67.— Ota and Ross, 1994:170 et seq., fig. 12a.— Lanza, 1999:89, 97.— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190, fig. 32.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:84, fig. 89.— Siler, Oliveros, Santanen, and Brown, 2013:268, 272, fig. 3.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:395.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java (in error); restricted to Luzon Id., Philippines by Leviton (1965:126). Syntypes (2): MNHN 848 and 1320 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 22D [p. 133]).— Batan (Itbayat), Catanduanes, Luzon (Prov.: Albay, Aurora, Camarines Norte, Cavite, Isabela, Laguna, Quezon, Sorsogon), Marinduque, Mindoro, Polillo.

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