Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines A Synthesis of Data from Biodiversity Repositories, Field Studies, and the Literature Author Leviton, Alan E. Herpetology Division, Institute of Biodiversity Science & Sustainibility, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118 & Research Associate, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA. aleviton@calacademy.org Author Siler, Cameron D. Department of Biology and Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072 - 7029, USA & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines. camsiler@ou.edu Author Weinell, Jeffrey L. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 jweine2@gmail.com Author Brown, Rafe M. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 & Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, Rizal Park, Burgos Ave., Ermita 1000, Manila, Philippines. rafe@ku.edu text Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2018 Oxford, England 2018-03-29 64 14 399 568 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11512589 journal article 299690 10.5281/zenodo.11512589 d7a23684-9222-422b-868a-6c8712a4fd05 0068-547X 11512589 Calamaria virgulata H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 Short-tailed Reed Snake Calamaria virgulata H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827:540 .— Inger and Marx, 1965:186.— Wallach, Williams, and Boundy, 2014:140. Calamaria mearnsi Stejneger, 1907b:30 ( type locality Tangob, Mindanao Id.). Taylor, 1922a:193 . Calamaria zamboangensis Leviton, 1952:239 , fig. 1 ( type locality: Zamboanga , Mindanao Id.; holotype : CAS-SU 13476 ). TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN ( S ) .— Java , Indonesia but emended to Tjihandjawar , western Java, by Brongersma (1950) (see Wallach et al. [2014:140] , for additional details). Holotype : RMNH 39 . PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION .— Mindanao [see Remarks below], Palawan, Sulu Archipelago. GENERAL DISTRIBUTION ( OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES ) ( Map 7D [p. 118]).— western Indonesia, East Malaysia (Sabah). (See Inger and Marx [1965:186], alsoWallach et al. [2014:140], for details.) REMARKS .— The Mindanao records for C. virgulata (see above, Inger and Marx, 1965, and Wallach et al., 2014 ) most probably should be referred to C. lumbricoidea [ q.v. ]. CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN] .— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.