Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1834)

Indonesian [Malaysian] Keeled-bellied Whip Snake; Red [Brown] Whip Snake

Dipsas rubescens Gray, 1834:pl. 84, fig. 2.

Dryophiops rubescens, Boulenger, 1896:194 .— Taylor, 1925:99, 110.— Leviton, 1964b:140.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:246.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ Malay Peninsula?” (see Boulenger [1896:194]). Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.62.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 14A [p. 125]).— Coron (Peñon de Coron) (fide Taylor [1925:99, 110]).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Western Indonesia, Western Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Peninsula.

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