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;
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Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
2019
2019-09-30
66
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.11512680
ccd739a4-10c3-4700-b27e-459bd82f1676
0068-547X
11512680
Natricinae
Key to Philippine genera.
1a. Fewer than 10 supralabial scales................................................ 2
1b. More than 10 supralabial scales.................................
Opisthotropis
(p. 31)
2a. One of the following combinations of characters true: (1) dorsal body scales in 15–17 longitudinal rows at midbody and background color of ventral body scales black; (2) dorsal body scales in 19 longitudinal rows at midbody and background color of ventral body scales pale (but not pinkish) in life................................................
Rhabdophis
(p. 33)
2b. One of the following combinations of characters true: (1) dorsal body scales in 17 longitudinal rows at midbody and background color of ventral body scales pale; (2) dorsal body scales in 19 longitudinal rows at midbody and background color of ventral body scales pinkish in life..............................................................
Tropidonophis
(p. 35)