Hemibungarus gemianulis Peters, 1872

[Double-barred] Philippine False Coral Snake; Barred Coral Snake

Hemibungarus gemianulis Peters, 1872:587 .— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:495.— Supsup, Puna, Asis, Redoblado, Panaguinit, Guinto, Rico, Diesmos, Brown, and Mallari, 2016:169.

Hemibungarus calligaster, Taylor, 1922a:269, pl. 33, figs. 1–2, pl. 34, figs. 1–2 (part).— Castoe et al., 2007:809 et seq. (part)— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:319 (part).

Calliophis calligaster gemianulis, Leviton, 1964d:545 .— Gaulke and Altenbach, 1994:63.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:54 [21].

Hemibungarus calligaster gemianulis, Gaulke, 2011:320–321, figs. 219–221.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ Philippine Ids. ” Holotype: ZMB 7405 (fide Bauer Bauer et al. [1995:76]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 15D [p. 126]).— Cebu, Guimaras, Masbate, Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental), Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Iloilo).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Hemibungarus calligaster has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List [2016] ver. 3.1, but IUCN notes that it is listed in the Catalogue of Life.