Oligodon notospilus GÜNTHER, 1873

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Palawan Kukri Snake; Palawan Short-headed Snake
Synonym	Oligodon notospilus GÜNTHER 1873: 169 Oligodon schadenbergi BOETTGER 1895 Oligodon iwahigensis GRIFFIN 1909 Oligodon iwahigensis — TAYLOR 1922: 149 Oligodon schadenbergi — TAYLOR 1922: 151 Oligodon vertebralis notospilus — LEVITON 1963: 477 Oligodon notospilus — FRANK & RAMUS 1995 Oligodon vertebralis notospilus — GAULKE 1999 Oligodon notospilus — DAVID & VOGEL 2012 Oligodon notospilus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 501
Distribution	Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands, Busuanga, Balabac, Mindanao) Type locality: Mindanao Id., Philippines (but see comment)
Reproduction
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.3.23 (and possibly additional specimens). Neotype: CAS 62173, designated by Slevin and Leviton (1956) [iwahigensis]
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: Leviton et al. 2018 believe that the locality data accompanying the type specimen to be in error as this species is known only from islands in the Palawan Archipelago. For details see comments by Leviton (1963: 478).
References	DAVID, PATRICK & GERNOT VOGEL 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3201: 58–68 - get paper here Gaulke M. 1999. Die Herpetofauna von Calauit Island (Calamianes-Inseln, Provinz Palawan, Philippinen) (Amphibia et Reptilia). Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 21 (19): 273-282 Griffin, L.E. 1909. A list of snakes found in Palawan. Philippine Journal of Science 4: 595-601 - get paper here Günther,A. 1873. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians obtained by Dr. Bernhard Meyer in Celebes and the Philippine Islands. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1873: 165-172 - get paper here Leviton, A. E., 1963. Remarks on the zoogeography of Philippine terrestrial snakes. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 31: 369-416. - 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 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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