Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines Author Weinell, Jeffrey L. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045; jweine2@gmail.com Author Hooper, Errol Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045; Author Leviton, Alan E. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainability, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118. * Corresponding author; Email: jweine 2 @ gmail. com Author Brown, Rafe M. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045; text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2019 2019-09-30 66 1 1 49 journal article 299708 10.5281/zenodo.11512680 ccd739a4-10c3-4700-b27e-459bd82f1676 0068-547X 11512680 Chrysopelea Key to Philippine subspecies. 1a. Lateral body scales speckled (black with a bright central fleck); distinct transverse bands only in young animals; in the Philippines , only known from Sibutu Island ( Sulu Archipelago)........................................................ Chrysopelea paradisi paradisi 1b. Lateral body scales mostly light; color pattern of dorsal body surface variable, but transverse bands almost always present; occurs throughout the Philippines , but not known from Sabtang Island ( Batanes Island group, off northern Luzon).......... Chrysopelea paradisi variabilis