Boiga dendrophila

Boiga dendrophila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga dendrophila
Subspecies (8): B. d. annectens – B. d. dendrophila – B. d. divergens – B. d. gemmicincta – B. d. latifasciata – B. d. levitoni – B. d. multicincta – B. d. occidentalis

Name

Boiga dendrophila (Boie, 1827)

• Holotype: RMNH.RENA 932, ♀, collected by C.G.C. Reinwardt between April 1816–June 1822.
• Type locality: “Java”, Indonesia.

Combinations

• Dipsas dendrophila Boie, 1827: 549 [original combination]
• Triglyphodon dendrophilum — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1954 [subsequent combination]
• Dipsadomorphus dendrophilus — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Boiga dendrophila — Barbour, 1912 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Boiga dendrophila. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 June 2023.
• Grismer, L., Chan-Ard, T., Demegillo, A., Diesmos, A.C., Gaulke, M., Iskandar, D. & Stubbs, A. 2021. IUCN: Boiga dendrophila  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T183186A1731375. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T183186A1731375.en. Accessed on 10 June 2023.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Mangroven-Nachtbaumnatter
• English: Mangrove Cat Snake
• suomi: Mangrovekäärme
• magyar: Mangrovesikló
• Bahasa Indonesia: Ular taliwangsa
• Bahasa Melayu: Ular Tiung Cincin Emas
• Nederlands: Mangrovenslang
• norsk: Mangrovesnok
• ไทย: งูปล้องทอง

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