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Tropidonophis spilogaster (BOIE, 1827)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Natricinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boie's Keelback 
SynonymTropidonotus spilogaster BOIE 1827: 535
Tropidonotus crebripunctatus WIEGMANN 1834: 250
Coluber (Tropidonotus) spilogaster — EYDOUX & GERVAIS 1837: 4
Tropidonotus spilogaster — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 598
Tropidonotus spilogaster — BOULENGER 1893: 257
Tropidonotus spilogaster — BOULENGER 1894: 83
Natrix spilogaster — TAYLOR 1922: 86
Natrix crebripunctata — TAYLOR 1922: 91
Rhabdophis spilogaster — HARDING & WELCH 1980
Rhabdophis spilogaster — BROWN et al. 2000
Rhabdophis spilogaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 636
Rhabdophis spilogaster — MENESES et al. 2022
Tropidonophis spilogaster — DEEPAK et al. 2022 
DistributionPhilippines (Bataan, Lubang, Luzon, Polillo, Palawan)

Type locality: “Philippines”

crebripunctatus: Type loc.: Manila, Philippines  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: RMNH 1048a-b and RMNH 1049a-c (WALLACH et al. 2014: 624)
Holotype: ZMB 2041 [Tropidonotus crebripunctatus WIEGMANN 1835] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSome species of this genus are venomous although we do not have information about this particular species.

Synonymy: partly after Taylor 1922: 92, 291

BOIE 1826: 559 fide DUMÉRIL et al. 1854. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek “spilos” = spotted, and Greek gaster = belly, venter. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1894. On the herpetological fauna of Palawan and Balabac. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 14: 81-90 - get paper here
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  • Brown, Rafe M.; Ferner, John W.; Sison, Rogelio V.; Gonzales, Pedro C.; Kennedy, Robert S. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of the Zambales Mountains of Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Herpetological Natural History 4 (1): 1-22
  • Brown; Rafe; Cameron Siler, Carl Oliveros, Luke Welton, Ashley Rock, John Swab, Merlijn Van Weerd, Jonah van Beijnen, Dominic Rodriguez, Edmund Jose, Arvin Diesmos 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines, VIII: the herpetofauna of Cagayan and Isabela Provinces, northern Sierra Madre Mountain Range. ZooKeys 266 (2013) Special Issue: 1-120<br>doi: 10.3897/zookeys.266.3982 - get paper here
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