Boiga philippina

Boiga philippina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species: Boiga philippina

Name

Boiga philippina (Peters, 1867)

• Holotype: NHMW 23401, collected by C. Semper between April 1860–December 1861.
• Type locality: “Ylaces im nordwesttheile von Luzon, Philippinen”.

Combinations

• Dipsas philippina Peters, 1867: 27 [original combination]
• Dipsadomorphus philippinus — Boulenger, 1896 [subsequent combination]
• Boiga philippina — Griffin, 1911 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (Januar): 13–37.

Additional references

• Bauer,A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.

Links

• Necesito, L. & Kim, P. 2022. IUCN: Boiga philippina  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169754A180417827. Accessed on 02 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Philippine Cat Snake