Hemibungarus calligaster ( Wiegmann, 1834b ), Photo

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Oxford, England) 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 455

Hemibungarus calligaster ( Wiegmann, 1834b)

Photo figure 92

[Annulated or Barred] Philippine False Coral Snake

Elaps calligaster Wiegmann, 1834b:253 , pl. 20, fig. 2.

Calliophis caligaster [sic], Müller, 1883:289.

Hemibungarus calligaster, Taylor, 1922a:269 , pl. 33, figs. 1–2 , pl. 34, figs. 1–2 ; 1922c:300; 1922d:139.— Castoe et al., 2007:809 et seq. (part) — Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:14.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:495, figs. 8B, 9, 33.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:319 (part).

Calliophis calligaster calligaster, Leviton, 1964d:543 .— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:14.

Hemibungarus calligaster calligaster, McLeod, Siler, Diesmos, Diesmos, Garcia, Arkonceo, Balaquit, Uy, Villaseran, Yarra, and Brown, 2011:188 .— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190, fig. 33.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:88, fig. 95.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Manila, Luzon Id., Philippines. Holotype: ZMB 2742 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 15C [p. 126]).— Luzon (Prov.: Albay, Bataan, Bulacan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Laguna, Manila, Quezon, Rizal, Zambales), Mindoro (Prov.: Mindoro Occidental).

REMARKS.— Ross and Gonzales (1992:68) cite two specimens from Catanduanes as well as two from the Bicol region of Luzon that in their view differ from previously recognized “races” of H. calligaster , i.e., H. calligaster and H. gemianulus , and therefore left the matter of assignment to future study.

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

Figures

FIGURE 1. Acutotyphlops banaorum (Kalinga Prov., Luzon Id.) (FMNH 262249 [paratype]). Photo © RMB.