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Hemibungarus calligaster (WIEGMANN, 1835)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: [Annulated or Barred] Philippine False Coral Snake, Barred Coral Snake 
SynonymElaps calligaster WIEGMANN 1834: 253
? Elaps collaris vel calligaster — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1226
Naja (Hamadryas) fasciata PETERS 1861
Hemibungarus calligaster — PETERS 1862: 637
Hemibungarus calligaster — BOULENGER 1896
Hemibungarus calligaster calligaster — WELCH 1994: 65
Hemibungarus calligaster — SLOWINSKI, BOUNDY & LAWSON 2001
Hemibungarus calligaster calligaster — MCLEOD et al. 2011
Hemibungarus calligaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 325
Hemibungarus calligaster calligasteri — BINADAY et al. 2017 
DistributionPhilippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Cebu, Negros, Panay)

Type locality: Manila, Luzon Id., Philippines  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 2742 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Maxilla extends forward beyond palatine; venom fangs followed by a diastema and then by one small, solid tooth; head not distinct from neck; loreal absent; nostril between nasals; eye small, pupil round; body cylindrical, elongate; tail short; scales smooth, in 13 or 15 longitudinal rows at midbody; subcaudals paired; venom glands confined to head region; hypapophyses present throughout vertebral column (from Leviton et al. 2014: 494).


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CommentVenomous!

Synonymy: Wallach et al. 2014 list Hemibungarus macclungi TAYLOR 1922 as a synonym of Hemibungarus calligaster. The species is hardly mentioned in the literature, but has been treated as valid species or subspecies by more recent authors.

Subspecies: Calliophis calligaster gemianulis (PETERS 1872) is now treated as a valid species by most recent authors.

Type species: Elaps calligaster WIEGMANN 1834 is the type species of the genus Hemibungarus PETERS 1862. 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek words kallos (beauty, beautiful), and gaster (belly) and refers to the colorful pattern of ventral scales. 
References
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