Dendrelaphis fuliginosus

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.[2]

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
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)

Etymology

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The species is named after the Latin word "fulginosus" meaning brown or dark brown colouration.[2]

Taxonomy

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Dendrelaphis fuliginosus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[3]

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:[4]

Ahaetuliinae

Behavior

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The snake is fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Pitogo, K. (2022). "Dendrelaphis fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T42491973A42491976. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c 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.