Rhabdophis barbouri (Taylor, 1922)

Barbour’s Philippine Keelback Snake

Natrix barbouri Taylor, 1922c:291; 1922d:137.

Natrix crebripunctata, Taylor, 1922a:91 .

Macropophis barbouri, Malnate, 1960:48, 52.

Rhabdophis barbouri, Malnate and Underwood, 1988:195 .— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:621.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Balbalan, Kalinga Subprov., Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 61552 (formerly EHT 939).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 34A [p. 145]).— Luzon (Prov.: Kalinga, Laguna).

REMARKS. — As observed by Malnate and Underwood (1988:195), “In having high counts of ventrals, subcaudals, and maxillary teeth, barbouri shows some resemblance to Philippine Tropidonophis negrosensis and dendrophiops ”, other characters are “significantly different... but are present in Philippine species of Rhabdophis . Natrix barbouri Taylor, therefore, is assigned to Rhabdophis .”

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Data Deficient [2016] ver. 3.1.