Dendrelaphis fuliginosus Griffin, 1909

Philippine Lamp-black Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus Griffin, 1909:55; 1911:261.— Taylor, 1922a:172 (as doubtful synonym of D. modestus).— van Rooijen and Vogel, 2012:12, figs. 7–8.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:214.

Dendrelaphis caudolineatus terrificus (part), Leviton, 1970b:389.— Ferner et al., 2000:19.

Dendrelaphis caudolineatus cf. terrificus, Gaulke, 2011:272–273, figs. 182–183.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Negros Id., Philippines. Neotype: FMNH 67409 (see van Rooijen and Vogel [2012:12]).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 12B [p. 123]).— Cebu, Masbate, Mindoro, Negros, Panay (fide van Rooijen and Vogel [2012:12–13]).

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