Boiga cynodon (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827)

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Dog-toothed Cat Snake

Dipsas cynodon H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827:549.

Boiga cynodon, Taylor, 1922a:206; 1922d:139; 1923:553.— Leviton, 1970a:299.— Smith, 1993:96.— Gaulke, 1994b:137; 1996:49; 2001:26, fig. 2; 2011:243–245, figs. 159–161.— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:52 [19].— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:13, figs. 6C, 6D.— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190, fig. 30.— Siler, Swab, Oliveros, Diesmos, Averia, Alcala, and Brown, 2012:456.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:74, fig. 75.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:100.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:89.— Supsup, Guinto, Redoblado, and Somez, 2017:7, fig. 5c.

Boiga cf. cynodon, Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:51 [18].

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Sumatra, Indonesia (in error); corrected to Java, Indonesia (see Wallach et al. [2014:100]). Holotype: RMNH 974 (see remarks in Wallach et al. [2014:100] in re: recognition of holotype specimen).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (Map 3D [p. 114]).— Babuyan Ids. (Calayan, Camiguin Norte), Basilan, Bohol, Carabao, Culion, Dinagat, Inampulugan, Lubang, Leyte, Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Quezon, Sorsogon), Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Sur, Cotabato, Davao Oriental, NE Mindanao, Zamboanga City), Negros (Prov.: Negros Occidental), Paan de Azucar, Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Alkan, Antique), Polillo, Romblon, Siquijor, Sulu Archipelago (Sibutu, Tawi-Tawi), Tablas.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (West and Borneo), Singapore, Camboidia, Thailand, Myanmar, eastern India.

REMARKS.— Ferner et al. (2001:51 [18]) report the discovery of this species, the first for the Visayan Island group, but they pose that the identification remains to be firmly established. See also Remarks for Boiga angulata (above).

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