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Dendrelaphis subocularis (BOULENGER, 1888)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mountain Bronzeback, Burmese Bronzeback
G: Birmesische Bronzenatter
Chinese: 八莫过树蛇 
SynonymDendrophis subocularis BOULENGER 1888 : 600
Dendrelaphis subocularis — BOULENGER 1894
Dendrophis tristis subocularis — MEISE & HENNIG 1932: 292
Dendrelaphis subocularis — ZHAO & ADLER 1993
Ahaetulla subocularis — DAS 1997 (in error fide VOGEL, pers. comm.)
Dendrelaphis subocularis — COX et al. 1998: 72
Dendrelaphis subocularis — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Dendrelaphis subocularis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 221
Dendrelaphis subocularis — NGUYEN et al. 2023 
DistributionMyanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam,
China (Yunnan), Indonesia (Java)

Type locality: “Bhamò”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MSNG 30455 
Diagnosis 
CommentBehavior: diurnal

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018) 
References
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  • Boulenger, GEORGE A. 1888. An account of the Reptilia obtained in Burma, north of Tenasserim, by M. L. Fea, of the Genova Civic Museum. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 2, 6: 593-604 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
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  • Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here
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  • Geissler, P., Hartmann, T., Ihlow, F., Neang T., Seng R., Wagner, P. & Bohme, W. 2019. Herpetofauna of the Phnom Kulen National Park, northern Cambodia—An annotated checklist. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2019 (1): 40–63 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. et al. 2007. THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE PHNOM AURAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS, CAMBODIA. Hamadryad 31 (2): 216 – 241 - get paper here
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