Red Whip Snake
Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1834)
Also calledBrauner Baumschnüffler (deu) · Rødbrun Liansnog (dan) · Красноватая килебрюхая кнутовидная змея (rus) · งูสายน้ำผึ้ง (tha) · งูเถา (tha)
First described in: Gray. J. E. Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 14 A [p. 125]). — Coron (Peñon de Coron) (fide Taylor [1925: 99, 110]). GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES). — Western Indonesia, Western Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Peninsula.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S). — “ Malay Peninsula? ” (see Boulenger [1896: 194]). Holotype: BMNH 1946.1. 9.62.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
vernacular_names
Indonesian [Malaysian] Keeled-bellied Whip Snake; Red [Brown] Whip Snake
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
distribution
Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Peninsular Malaysia (MyBis 2021) but there is no record of occurrence of this species specifically from Terengganu state to our knowledge.
Uneven species occurrence and richness of lowland snakes (Serpentes, Squamata) in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia, with new locality records
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2455471.