Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel, 1837)

Schlegel’s Smooth Snake; Malayan Reed Snake; Tricolored Ringsnake

Herpetodryas tricolor Schlegel, 1837b:187, pl. 6, figs. 16–18.

Liopeltis tricolor, Cope, 1860:559 .— Taylor, 1922a:162, pl. 11, figs. 3–5, pl. 19.— Leviton, 1964a:372.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:378.

Ablabes tricolor, Boulenger, 1894 a:281 .— Griffin, 1909:599; 1911:201.— Taylor, 1918a:260.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia. Syntypes (3): RMNH 492, 671, 679 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Palawan, Sulu Archipelago (Bubuan).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES) (Map 20D [p. 131]).— Western Indonesia, Malaysia (Peninsula; Sarawak), Singapore, southern Thailand, southern Cambodia (see Wallach, Williams, and Boundy [2014:378], for details).

REMARKS.— See Leviton (1963:372) for additional Philippine synonymy references. See also comments by David and Vogel (1996:93) and a good photo in Stuebing and Inger (1999:158).

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