Rhabdophis spilogaster (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827)

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Boie’s Keelback Snake

Tropidonotus spilogaster H. Boie in Schlegel, 1826:237 (nomen nudum).— H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827:535.— Müller, 1883:286.— Boulenger, 1893:257; 1894:83.

Natrix stolatus, Taylor, 1922a:84 .

Natrix spilogaster, Taylor, 1922a:86, pl. 4, fig. 1; 1922d:137.

Rhabdophis spilogaster, Harding and Welch, 1980:99 .— Ross and Gonzales, 1992:67.— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:13, fig. 15.— Brown, McGuire, Ferner, Icarangal, Jr., and Kennedy, 2000:190, fig. 33.— McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:188.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:16.— Brown, Oliveros, Siler, Fernandez, Welton, Buenavente. Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2012:484. fig. 45.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:14, fig. 34.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:88, fig. 93.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:624.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Philippines (restricted to Luzon Id. by Wallach et al. [2014:624]). Syntypes (5): RMNH 1048a–b, RMNH 1049a–c (fide Wallach et al. [2014:624]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 34D [p. 145]).— Babuyan Ids. (Camiguin Norte), Batanes Ids. (Batan), Catanduanes, Lubang, Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Camarines Norte, Cavite, Ifugao, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Laguna, Manila, Mountain, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, Zambales), Polillo.

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