Red-Tailed Racer

distribution

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 15 B [p. 126]). — Babuyan Ids. (Calayan, Camiguin Norte), Balabac, Batan, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Lubang, Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Laguna, Nueva Vizcaya, Quezon, Sorsogon, Zambales), Marinduque, Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato, Surigao del Sur, Zamboanga City), Negros, Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Iloilo), Sabtang, Sibuyan, Sulu Archipelago (Bongao). GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES). — Southeast Asia (Andaman Ids., Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, western Indonesia).

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). — Java, Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN 677.

Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature

description

(Fig. 7 F, 12 B) Material studied: One adult, CIARI uncatalogued, an adult from Sippighat, South Andaman (Fig. 4 C). Morphology: Dorsal scales elongated and smooth; in 25: 25: 17 rows; ventrals 249; subcaudals 141, divided; anal divided; supralabials 9 (6 – 7 entering orbit); infralabials 11 (1 – 5 contacting genials); preocular 1; postoculars 2; loreal 1; temporals 2 + 3 / 4. Dorsum uniform bright, grass green and venter of a slightly paler shade of green; tail reddish brown both dorsally and ventrally. Distribution: One adult recorded on a hilltop evergreen forest at Betapur, Middle Andaman. It was observed moving on the ground at a very slow pace. One was observed on the road near Mount Harriet National Park adjoining evergreen forests along the sides in South Andaman. Non-endemic and occurs in other parts of Southeast Asia (Whitaker and Captain, 2008) Status: Rare.

Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status

discussion

Remarks. The first occurrence of G. oxycephalum in Singapore was based on two specimens at NHMUK from Hardwicke’s collection that was first reported by Ģnther (1858 b). Sclater (1891 a) reported a specimen collected by Davison deposited at ZSI that went unnoticed by subsequent authors (Flower 1896, 1899; Sworder 1923). Flower (1899 b) also reported a specimen he collected in October 1897. Gonyosoma oxycephalum occurs in a green and orange colour morph (Baker & Lim 2012). The orange morph was first discovered from a specimen collected by Hainkes in Singapore, and Werner (1925) described it as a new species, Coluber floweri (Table 1). Three years later, Smith (1928) recognised it as a colour variety of G. oxycephalum, but only synonymised the two species two years later (Smith 1930). The next reported observation after Werner (1925) occurs 65 years later (Table 2) when one was found at SRF (Lim 1990 a). After Teo & Rajathurai (1997) reported six sightings from their surveys, there has only been eight reported observations of G. oxycephalum. The first is an image of an orange morph individual published in Baker & Lim (2012) that was taken in PT in August 2006 (Lim et al. 2016). The ne

Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution