Sibynophis geminatus geminatus (H. Boie, 1826a)

Boie’s Many-tooth Snake; Striped Black-headed Snake

Coluber geminatus Oppel in H. Boie, 1826a:col. 211.

Sibynophis geminatus geminatus, Gaulke, 1993a:151; 1994b:141.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia. Syntypes (3): MNHN 3392–93 and RMNH 687 (fide Wallach et al. [2014:660]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 35B [p. 146]).— Sulu Archipelago (Tawi-Tawi).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Southwestern Indonesia.

REMARKS.— Wallach et al. (2014:660) exclude this species from the Philippines and, without explanation, assign the Tawi-Tawi record to Sibynophis melanocephalus . Boie (1826a) attributes the name to Oppel although Boie provides the diagnosis.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.