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Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis Mertens, 1968

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 : 418-419

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scientific name

 Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis Mertens, 1968
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Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis Mertens, 1968

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Paradise Tree Snake

Chrysopelea ornata View in CoL , (part) Günther, 1858:146.— Boulenger, 1896:196.— Griffin, 1911:264.— Taylor, 1922a:216, pl. 11, figs. 6–8 (notes typ. err. in his earlier publs.).

Crysopelea [sic] ornata, Taylor, 1917:366 ; 1918:261; 1922d:138.

Chrysopelea paradisi, Leviton, 1964b:133 View in CoL (part).— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:12.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:52 [19].— Bucol, Alcala, Averia, Alcala, and Alcala, 2011:111.— Gaulke, 2011:260–261, figs. 172–176.— McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:188, fig. 7F.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:14.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:12, fig. 27.— Siler, Swab, Oliveros, Diesmos, Averia, Alcala, and Brown, 2012:456.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:166 (part).— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:90.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:167.

Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis Mertens, 1968:204 View in CoL , fig. 5.— Gaulke, 1994b:138.— Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Samar , Philippines. Holotype: SMF 20281 About SMF .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 9D [p. 120]).— Babuyan Ids. (Calayan, Dalupiri), Balabac, Bantayan, Banton, Basilan, Camiguin, Cebu, Dinagat, Kalotkot, Leyte, Luzon (Prov.: Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Sorsogon, Zambales), Marongas, Masbate, Medis, Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City]), Mindoro, Negros (Prov.: Negros Oriental), Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Iloilo), Polillo, Romblon, Samar, Siagao, Sibuyan, Siquijor, Sulu Archipelago (Bongao, Bubuan, Jolo, Sanga-Sanga, Tawi-Tawi), Tablas.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis 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.

BOULENGER, GEORGE A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III, containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), by Taylor and Francis, London, England, UK. xiv + 727 pp.

BROWN, RAFE M., JOHN W. FERNER, ROGELIO V. SISON, PEDRO C. GONZALES, AND ROBERT S. KENNEDY. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of the Zambales Mountains of Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Herpetological Natural History 4 (1): 1 - 22.

BROWN, RAFE M., CARL H. OLIVEROS, CAMERON D. SILER, JASON B. FERNANDEZ, LUKE J. WELTON, PERRY ARCHIVAL C. BUENAVENTE, MAE LOWE L. DIESMOS, AND ARVIN C. DIESMOS. 2012. Amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island (Philippines), VII: Herpetofauna of Ilocos Norte Province, Northern Cordillera Mountain Range. Check List 8 (3): 469 - 490.

FERNER, JOHN W., RAFE M. BROWN, ROGELIO V. SISON, AND ROBERT S. KENNEDY. 2001. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 34 - 70.

GAULKE, MAREN. 1994 b. Contribution to the snake fauna of the Sulu Archipelago, with the description of a new subspecies of Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834). Herpetological Journal 4 (4): 136 - 144.

GAULKE, MAREN. 2011. The Herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Chimaira Buchhandelsgesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 390 pp., 258 figs.

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. 1964 b. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, IV. The genera Chrysopelea and Dryophiops. Philippine Journal of Science 93 (1): 131 - 145.

MERTENS, ROBERT F. W. 1968. Die Arten und Unterarten der Schmuckbaumschlangen (Chrysopelea). Senckenbergiana Biologica 49 (3 / 4 [31 July]): 191 - 217, 5 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)

SILER, CAMERON D., JOHN C. SWAB, CARL H. OLIVEROS, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, LEONARDO AVERIA, ANGEL C. ALCALA, AND RAFE M. BROWN. 2012. Amphibians and reptiles, Romblon Island Group, central Philippines: Comprehensive herpetofaunal inventory. Check List 8 (3): 443 - 462.

SUPSUP, CHRISTIAN E., NEVONG M. PUNA, AUGUSTO A. ASIS, BERNARD R. REDOBLADO, MARIA FATIMA G. PANAGUINIT, FAITH M. GUINTO, EDMUND B. RICO, ARVIN C. DIESMOS, RAFE M. BROWN, AND NEIL ALDRIN D. MALLARI. 2016. Amphibians and reptiles of Cebu, Philippines: The poorly understood herpetofauna of an island with very little remaining natural habitat. Asian Herpetological Research 7 (3): 151 - 179, 36 figs., 2 tables.

TAYLOR, EDWARD H. 1917. Snakes and lizards known from Negros, with descriptions of new species and new subspecies. Philippine Journal of Science 12 (6): 353 - 382.

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Repitilia

Order

Squamata

SuperFamily

Colubroidea

Family

Colubridae

SubFamily

Ahaetulliinae

Genus

Chrysopelea

Specimens