Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel, 1837)

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 : 436

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12724563
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scientific name	Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel, 1837)
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Liopeltis tricolor (Schlegel, 1837) View in CoL

Schlegel’s Smooth Snake; Malayan Reed Snake; Tricolored Ringsnake

Herpetodryas tricolor Schlegel, 1837b:187 View in CoL , pl. 6, figs. 16–18 View FIGURE .

Liopeltis tricolor, Cope, 1860:559 View in CoL .— Taylor, 1922a:162, pl. 11, figs. 3–5 View FIGURE View FIGURE , pl. 19.— Leviton, 1964a:372.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:378.

Ablabes tricolor, Boulenger, 1894 a:281 .— Griffin, 1909:599; 1911:201.— Taylor, 1918a:260.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia. Syntypes (3): RMNH 492 About RMNH , 671 About RMNH , 679 About RMNH .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Palawan, Sulu Archipelago (Bubuan).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES) ( Map 20D [p. 131]).— Western Indonesia, Malaysia (Peninsula; Sarawak), Singapore, southern Thailand, southern Cambodia (see Wallach, Williams, and Boundy [2014:378], for details).

REMARKS.— See Leviton (1963:372) for additional Philippine synonymy references. See also comments by David and Vogel (1996:93) and a good photo in Stuebing and Inger (1999:158).

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