Calamaria virgulata H. Boie

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 425-426

Calamaria virgulata H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827

Short-tailed Reed Snake

Calamaria virgulata H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827:540.— Inger and Marx, 1965:186.— Wallach,

Williams, and Boundy, 2014:140. Calamaria mearnsi Stejneger, 1907b:30 (type locality Tangob, Mindanao Id.). Taylor, 1922a:193. Calamaria zamboangensis Leviton, 1952:239 , fig. 1 (type locality: Zamboanga, Mindanao Id.;

holotype: CAS-SU 13476 ).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— Java, Indonesia but emended to Tjihandjawar , western Java, by Brongersma (1950) (see Wallach et al. [2014:140], for additional details). Holotype: RMNH 39 .

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION.— Mindanao [see Remarks below], Palawan, Sulu Archipelago.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES) ( Map 7D [p. 118]).— western Indonesia, East Malaysia (Sabah). (See Inger and Marx [1965:186], alsoWallach et al. [2014:140], for details.)

REMARKS.— The Mindanao records for C. virgulata (see above, Inger and Marx, 1965, and Wallach et al., 2014) most probably should be referred to C. lumbricoidea [q.v.].

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

Pseudorabdion ater ( Taylor, 1922b) Photo figure 27 Zamboanga Burrowing Snake

Typhlogeophis ater Taylor, 1922b:202 , pl. 7, figs. 6–7.

Pseudorabdion ater, Leviton and Brown (WC), 1959:486 .— Alcala, 1986:156.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:595.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “ Pasananka” [= Pasonanca], Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City] Prov., Mindanao Id., Philippines. Holotype: CAS 62043 (formerly EHT 1103 ).

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION (ENDEMIC) ( Map 30C [p. 141]).— Mindanao (Prov.: Zamboanga del Sur [Zamboanga City] [Pasonanca]).

REMARKS.— Taylor placed this species in Typhlogeophis without explanation. He apparently did not compare it with specimens of Philippine Pseudorabdion .

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