Calamaria bitorques Peters, 1872

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Banded Reed Snake

Calamaria bitorques Peters, 1872:585 .— Taylor, 1922a:185.— Inger and Marx, 1965:104, fig. 27.— Brown, McGuire, Ferner, Icarangal Jr., and Kennedy, 2000:189, fig. 28.— Diesmos, Brown, and Gee, 2004:71.— Gaulke and Vogel, 2005:19–23, figs. 2–5.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:74, fig. 78.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:133.

Calamaria cf bitorques, Gaulke, 2011:252–253, figs. 165–166.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: ZMB 7444.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 5C [p. 116]).— Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Quezon, Rizal, Sorsogon), Panay (Prov.: Aklan).

REMARKS.— A single specimen from Sablayan, Mindoro, in the KU collections is most likely a new species, though closely related to C. bitorques .

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