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Hemibungarus mcclungi TAYLOR, 1922

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: McClung’s Philippine Coral Snake 
SynonymHemibungarus mcclungi TAYLOR 1922: 272
Calliophis calligaster mcclungi — LEVITON 1964: 547
Hemibungarus calligaster mcclungi — SILER & WELTON 2010: 428
Hemibungarus calligaster macclungi — WELCH 1994: 65
Hemibungarus macclungi — LEVITON et al. 2014
Hemibungarus mcclungi — LEVITON et al. 2018: 455
Hemibungarus mcclungi — WEINELL et al. 2019 
DistributionPhilippines (Polillo)

Type locality: Polillo Id., Philippines  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: CAS 62431; also given as Holotype: BSMP 24 (Philippine Bureau of Science collection) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (245 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
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. 
EtymologyUnknown. Although this is clearly an eponym, no person named Mcclung or similar was mentioned by Taylor 1922. 
References
  • ACUÑA, DARRELL; NIÑO ISAGANI & KIER MITCHEL PITOGO. 2021. Predation on a McClung’s Philippine False Coralsnake, Hemibungarus mcclungi (Weigmann 1835), by a Giant Spiny Centipede, Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin 1903, on Luzon Island, The Philippines. Reptiles & Amphibians 28(3): 417–419. - get paper here
  • Brown, R. M., Bernstein, J., Fernandez, J., Sanguila, M. B., Meneses, C. G., Siler, C. D., ... & Gaulke, M. 2022. Juvenile colouration, ontogenetic colour shifts, defensive behaviour, and frontal “hooding” threat display in Philippine coral snakes (Elapidae: Hemibungarus). Herpetology Notes 15: 183-192
  • Leviton, A.E. 1964. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes. IIl. The genera Maticora and Calliophis. Philippine J. Sci. 92: 523-550 - get paper here
  • Leviton, A.E., R.M. Brown, and C.D. Siler. 2014. The dangerously venomous snakes of the Philippine Archipelago. in The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Biodiversity Philippine Expedition (G.C. Williams and T.M. Gosliner, eds.). California Academy of Sciences, USA, Pp 473–530
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Cameron D. Siler, Jeffrey L. Weinell, and Rafe M. Brown 2018. Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 64 (14): 399-568 - get paper here
  • Siler, C. D. & L. J. Welton 2010. Geographic Variation in Philippine Mimicry System: Hypothesized Widespread Coral Snake (Hemibungarus calligaster ) Mimicry by Lepidopteran Larvae (Bracca sp.) on Luzon Island, Philippines. Herpetological Review 41 (4): 427–430. - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1922. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Manila (Bureau of Printing or Science), Monograph 16: 312 pp. - get paper here
  • Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
 
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