Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann, 1834b)

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[Annulated or Barred] Philippine False Coral Snake

Elaps calligaster Wiegmann, 1834b:253, pl. 20, fig. 2.

Calliophis caligaster [sic], Müller, 1883:289.

Hemibungarus calligaster, Taylor, 1922a:269, pl. 33, figs. 1–2, pl. 34, figs. 1–2; 1922c:300; 1922d:139.— Castoe et al., 2007:809 et seq. (part) — Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:14.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:495, figs. 8B, 9, 33.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:319 (part).

Calliophis calligaster calligaster, Leviton, 1964d:543 .— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:14.

Hemibungarus calligaster calligaster, McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:188 .— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190, fig. 33.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:88, fig. 95.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Manila, Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: ZMB 2742.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 15C [p. 126]).— Luzon (Prov.: Albay, Bataan, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Laguna, Manila, Quezon, Rizal, Zambales), Mindoro (Prov.: Mindoro Occidental).

REMARKS.— Ross and Gonzales (1992:68) cite two specimens from Catanduanes as well as two from the Bicol region of Luzon that in their view differ from previously recognized “races” of H. calligaster, i.e., H. calligaster and H. gemianulus, and therefore left the matter of assignment to future study.

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