Dendrelaphis luzonensis Leviton, 1961

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Luzon Bronze-back Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis caudolineatus luzonensis Leviton, 1961:1; 1968:386.— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:13.— Brown, McGuire, Ferner, Icarangal Jr., and Kennedy, 2000:189.— McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:188.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:15.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:13, fig. 29.

Dendrelaphis luzonensis, van Rooijen and Vogel, 2012:15, fig. 10.— Brown, Oliveros, Siler, Fernandez, Welton, Buenavente. Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2012:483, fig. 43.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:78, fig. 82.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:215.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Los Bãnos, Laguna Prov., Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 61134.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 12D [p. 123]).— Babayan Ids. (Calayan, Camiguin Norte, Dalupiri), Luzon (Prov.: Albay, Aurora, Baay, Batangas, Bulacan, Cagayan, Isabela, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Ilocos Norte, Kalinga, Laguna, Pangasinan, Quezon, Rizal, Zambales), Marinduque, Masbate (?), Ticao (?).

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— The conservation status of Dendrelaphis luzonensis 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.