Boiga angulata (Peters, 1861)

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Philippine Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Dipsas (Dipsadomorphus) angulata Peters, 1861:688 .

Boiga angulata, Griffin, 1910:213; 1911:263.— Taylor, 1922a:204, pl. 26, figs. 1–3, pl. 27.— Leviton, 1970a:295.— Ross and Gonzales, 1992:64.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:99.

Boiga cf. angulata, Gaulke, 2001:23, figs. 1a–b; 2011:240–241, figs. 157–158.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Leyte Id., Philippines (restricted to “NE shore of Leyte Is. between Tacloban (11°5ʹN, 125°00ʹE) and Dulag (10°57ʹN, 125°02ʹE),” by Wallach et al. [2014:99]). Holotype: ZMB 4000.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) (Map 3C [p. 114]).— Bohol, Catanduanes, Leyte, Luzon (Prov.: Laguna, Sorsogon, Zambales), Mindanao (Prov.: Bukidnon, North Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Lanao, Zamboanga City), Negros, Panay (Prov.: Alkan, Antique), Panay (Prov.: Antique), Polillo.

REMARKS.— According to Taylor (1923:553), Boiga angulata, also B. schultzei, are related to B. drapiezii (see Leviton [1970a:310–311]; also RM Brown, unpublished data). Jeffrey Weinell (2017, pers. comm.) suggested that the following citations for Boiga angulata are in error inasmuch as the associated images are of B. cynodon (Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy [2001:51 {18}]; Devan-Song and Brown [2012:12, fig. 25]).

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