Dendrelaphis fuliginosus

Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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 familyColubridae. The species is found in the Philippines.^[2]

Etymology

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

Taxonomy

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

Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamilyAhaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below:^[4]

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.^[2]

References

1. Brown, R.; Gaulke, M.; Pitogo, K. (2022). "Dendrelaphis fuliginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T42491973A42491976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T42491973A42491976.en.
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.