Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Reinwardt, Reinhardt, 1827

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 : 435

Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Reinwardt in F. Boie, 1827)

Photo figures 40–41

Red-tailed Racer; Red-tailed Green Ratsnake

Coluber oxycephalus Reinwardt in F. Boie, 1827:537.

Gonyosoma oxycephalum, Taylor, 1922d:138 .— Gaulke, 2011:281–282, figs. 189–191.— Oliveros, Ota, Crombie, and Brown, 2011:14.— Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011:190.— Brown, Oliveros, Siler, Fernandez, Welton, Buenavente. Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2012:483.— Devan-Song and Brown, 2012:13, fig. 31.— Brown, Siler, Oliveros, Welton, Rock, Swab, Van Weerd, van Beijnen, Jose, Rodriguez, Jose, and Diesmos, 2013:81, fig. 85.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:310.— Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos Alcala, and Brown, 2016:94, fig. 67.— Supsup, Guinto, Redoblado, and Somez. 2017:9, fig. 5c.

Gonyosoma oxycephala, Gaulke, 1994b:140 .— Brown, Ferner, Sison, Gonzales, and Kennedy, 1996:13, fig. 14 .— Ferner, Brown, Sison, and Kennedy, 2001:52 [19].

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN 677 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 15B [p. 126]).— Babuyan Ids. (Calayan, Camiguin Norte), Balabac, Batan, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Lubang, Luzon (Prov.: Aurora, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Laguna, Nueva Vizcaya, Quezon, Sorsogon, Zambales), Marinduque, Mindanao (Prov.: Agusan del Sur, Davao Oriental, South Cotabato, Surigao del Sur, Zamboanga City), Negros, Palawan, Panay (Prov.: Aklan, Antique, Iloilo), Sabtang, Sibuyan, Sulu Archipelago (Bongao).

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Southeast Asia (Andaman Ids., Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, western Indonesia).

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

Figures

FIGURE 40. Gonyosoma oxycephalum (Sorsogon Prov., Luzon Id.) (KU uncat.; field no. RMB 22921). Photo © JBF/RMB.

FIGURE 14. Ahaetulla prasina preocularis (Zambales Prov., Luzon Id.) (TNHC 62721). Photo © RMB.