Ross' Wolf Snake
Lycodon chrysoprateros Ota & Ross, 1994
First described in: Ota, H., & Ross, C. A. Four new species of Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the northern Philippines.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN]. — Critically Endangered B 1 ab (iii) (IUCN [2016] ver. 3.1). See comments in the Introduction relating to the IUCN assessment of conservation status.)
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
discussion
REMARKS. — Siler et al. (2013) used a multilocus molecular analysis DNA sequences to demonstrate that L. chrysoprateros is nearly genetically identical to L. alcalai (the Batanes Islands) as well as all populations on Calayan and Babuyan Claro islands. We suspect that L. chrysoprateros and L. alcalai may be conspecific.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
distribution
PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 21 D [p. 132]). — Dalupiri Id., Babuyan Ids. (off of northern Luzon Id.).
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). — east side of Dalupiri Id., Babuyan Ids., northern Luzon, Philippines. Holotype: PNM 2045.
Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5222792.