Dendrelaphis philippinensis (GÜNTHER, 1879)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Ahaetuliinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Philippine Bronze-back Tree Snakeweinell
Synonym	Dendrophis philippinensis GÜNTHER 1879: 78 Dendrelaphis caeruleatus GRIFFIN 1909: 55 Dendrelaphis philippinensis — VAN ROOIJEN & VOGEL 2012 Dendrelaphis philippinensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 219
Distribution	Philippine islands (Basilan, Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, Polillo, Kalotkot, Catanduanes, South Luzon [Albay], Camiguin Sur), Micronesia (Saipan) Type locality: N Mindanao
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.6.69 (formerly BMNH 1877.10.9.62), adult female from North Mindanao collected by A. Everett;
Diagnosis	Description. A species of the Dendrelaphis caudolineatus group, characterized by the combination of 1) a reduced pattern of black longitudinal stripes, 2–6 black longitudinal stripes at midbody; 2) a pale ventrolateral line is absent or faintly present; 3) a postocular stripe is present and extends onto the neck; 4) 162–170 ventrals (males), 161–172 [179] ventrals (females); 5) 94–108 subcaudals; 6) relative tail-length 0.268–0.298 (males), 0.252–0.290 (females); 7) 6–7 temporal scales on each side; 8) 9–11 infralabials on each side; 9) 2–5 scales touching the posterior borders of the parietal scales; 10) maximum total length males 89.0 cm, females 119.5 cm [VAN ROOIJEN & VOGEL 2012] Geographic variation. In spite of the large number of geographically isolated populations, D. philippinensis appears to exhibit little inter-population variation in its morphology. However, populations do differ in their coloration. For instance, in the population from Mindanao (Fig. 12), the pattern of longitudinal black stripes is reduced to two narrow stripes that occupy little more than the outer edges of the ventral scales whereas the populations from South Luzon and Catanduanes (Fig. 13) exhibit comparatively pronounced longitudinal stripes. This may be taxonomically significant. On the other hand, differences in the degree to which the pattern of longitudinal stripes is manifest, were also noted within populations [][VAN ROOIJEN & VOGEL 2012].
Comment	Synonymy: Wallach et al. 2014 Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
References	Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here Buden, Donald W.; Kevin de Queiroz, Johan Van Rooijen, Derek W. Stinson, Gary J. Wiles, and Sabrino Robert 2014. New Information and Reappraisals Concerning Some Alien and Indigenous Snake Records from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Mariana Islands. Pacific Science Apr 2014, Vol. 68, No. 2: 287-293. - get paper here Griffin, L.E. 1909. Two new species of snakes found in the Philippine islands. Philippine Journal of Science A4: 55–56 - get paper here Günther, A. 1879. List of mammals, reptiles, and batrachians sent by Mr. Everett from the Philippine Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1879: 74-79 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here MAGDUA, ALVEN B.; JESZIANLENN L. PLAZA, IKE LOUIE GARNE M. GEVERTAS, MA. CONNIE LIZZIE I. CASEÑAS, NOVA MAE M. CULLANTES, ALVEN L. AMARILLE & MARITES B. SANGUILA. 2021. DENDRELAPHIS PHILIPPINENSIS (Philippine Bronze-back Tree Snake). DIET. Herpetological Review 52 (3): 663. - get paper here ROOIJEN, JOHAN VAN & GERNOT VOGEL 2012. A revision of the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3272: 1–25 - 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 Solania, C. L., Cuadrado, J. T., Galolo, A. R. V., & Gamalinda, E. F. 2021. Species Richness and Community Structure of Amphibians and Reptiles in Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve, Caraga Region, Philippines. Biodiversity Journal 12 (3): 673–694 - get paper here SUPSUP, Christian E.; Nevong M. PUNA, Augusto A. ASIS, Bernard R. REDOBLADO, Maria Fatima G. PANAGUINIT, Faith M. GUINTO, Edmund B. RICO, Arvin C. DIESMOS, Rafe M. BROWN and Neil Aldrin D. MALLARI 2016. Amphibians and Reptiles of Cebu, Philippines: The Poorly Understood Herpetofauna of an Island with Very Little Remaining Natural Habitat. Asian Herpetological Research 2016, 7(3): 151–179 DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.150049 - 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, 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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