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Dendrelaphis fuliginosus

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Species of snake

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species: D. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
(Griffin, 1909)

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus, commonly known as the Philippine lamp-black tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in the Philippines.

Etymology

The species is named after the Latin word "fulginosus" meaning brown or dark brown colouration.

Taxonomy

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.

Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below:

Ahaetuliinae
sharp‑nosed snakes

Ahaetulla

Proahaetulla

Dryophiops

broad‑nosed snakes
Dendrelaphis

Dendrelaphis marenae

Dendrelaphis haasi

Dendrelaphis pictus

Dendrelaphis ngansonensis

Dendrelaphis cyanochloris

Dendrelaphis striatus

Dendrelaphis formosus

Dendrelaphis tristis

Dendrelaphis subocularis

Dendrelaphis schokari

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus

Dendrelaphis caudolineatus

Chrysopelea

Behavior

The snake is fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction.

References

  1. Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Pitogo, K. (2022). "Dendrelaphis fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42491973A42491976. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ Dendrelaphis fuliginosus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2016.
  3. Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  4. Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan; Ganesh, Sumaithangi R.; Pal, Saunak P.; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik (27 July 2019). "Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218851. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6636718. PMID 31314800.
Taxon identifiers
Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
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