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Sibynophis bivittatus (BOULENGER, 1894)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Sibynophiinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: White-striped Snake 
SynonymPolyodontophis bivittatus BOULENGER 1894
Polyodontophis bivittatus — THOMPSON 1913: 423
Sibynophis bivittatus — TAYLOR 1922: 80
Sibynophis geminatus bivittatus — GAULKE 1993
Sibynophis bivittatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 672 
DistributionPhilippines (Busuanga, Culion, Palawan)

Type locality: Palawan  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.1.48-49 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3838 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSibynophis bivittatus is very similar to S. geminatus. GAULKE (1993) therefore suggested to treat S. bivittatus as subspecies of S. geminatus. 
References
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1894. On the herpetological fauna of Palawan and Balabac. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 14: 81-90 - get paper here
  • Brown, Walter C.; Alcala, Angel C. 1970. The zoogeography of the herpetofauna of the Philippine Islands, a fringing archipelago. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 38 (6): 105-130 - get paper here
  • Gaulke, M. 1993. First Record of the Polyodont Snake Sibynophis geminatus geminatus (Boie, 1826) from the Philippines, with a Discussion of Sibynophis bivittatus (Boulenger, 1894). The Herpetological Journal 3 (4): 151-152 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Taylor, E.H. 1922. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Manila (Bureau of Printing or Science), Monograph 16: 312 pp. - get paper here
  • Thompson, J.C. 1913. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Ophidia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1913: 414-426 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • 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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