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Cyclocorus nuchalis TAYLOR, 1923

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Higher TaxaCyclocoridae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesCyclocorus nuchalis nuchalis TAYLOR 1923
Cyclocorus nuchalis taylori LEVITON 1967 
Common NamesE: Southern Triangle-spotted Snake 
SynonymCyclocorus nuchalis TAYLOR 1923: 543
Cyclocorus nuchalis — LEVITON 1967: 531
Cyclocorus nuchalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 202

Cyclocorus nuchalis taylori LEVITON 1967: 532
Cyclocorus nuchalis taylori — SANGUILA et al. 2016
Cyclocorus nuchalis taylori — SUPSUP et al. 2017 
DistributionPhilippines (Basilan, Mindanao, Camiguin Sur)

Type locality: Type loc. Pasananka, Zamboanga Prov., Mindanao, P. I.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesType. CAS 62558. Originally EHT, No. 1428. Coll., E. H. Taylor.
Holotype: CAS 15242 [taylori] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: LEVITON 1967. 
CommentMaybe synonymous with Lycodon (Cyclocorus) lineatus REINHARDT 1843. See Leviton 1965 (fide Guinevere Wogan, pers. comm.)

Distribution: see map in LEVITON 1967. 
EtymologyEtymology not given in original description, but most probably referring to the nuchal coloration, mentioned as "a broad black spot on the neck beginning thress scales behind parietals." 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Beukema, W. 2011. Herpetofauna of disturbed forest fragments on the lower Mt. Kitanglad Rnage, Mindanao Isand, Philippines. Salamandra 47 (2): 90-98 - get paper here
  • Leviton, A.E. 1967. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes, IX. The snakes of the genus Cyclocorus. Philippine J. Sci. 94 (4): 519-533 [1965] - 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
  • Sanguila MB, Cobb KA, Siler CD, Diesmos AC, Alcala AC, Brown RM 2016. The amphibians and reptiles of Mindanao Island, southern Philippines, II: the herpetofauna of northeast Mindanao and adjacent islands. ZooKeys 624: 1–132, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.624.9814 - get paper here
  • Smith, Brian E. 1993. Notes on a collection of squamate reptiles from eastern Mindanao, Philippine Islands part 2: Serpentes. Asiatic Herpetological Research 5: 96-102 - get paper here
  • Supsup, Christian E.; Faith M. Guinto, Bernard R. Redoblado, Rai S. Gomez 2017. Amphibians and reptiles from the Mt. Hamiguitan Range of eastern Mindanao Island, Philippines: new distribution records. Check List 13 (3): 2121 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E. H. 1923. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III. Philippine Journal of Science, 22: 515—557 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1944. Present location of certain herpetological and other type specimens. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 30 (1): 117-187. - get paper here
  • VENTURINA, Russell Evan L.;Ynigo Luis C. DEL PRADO,Rhim Ayyah C. KAMIR, Marlon N. BALMORES and Arvin C. DIESMOS 2020. A Revised Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles in Camiguin Sur, Misamis Oriental, Mindaanao, Philippines. Asian Herpetological Research 11 (1): 28-43 - 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, J. L., & Brown, R. M. 2017. Discovery of an old, archipelago-wide, endemic radiation of Philippine snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 119: 144–150 [2018] - 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
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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