Dendrelaphis calligaster

Dendrelaphis calligaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species: Dendrelaphis calligaster

Name

Dendrelaphis calligaster (Günther, 1867)

• Holotype: BMNH 67.5.6.71, collected by E. Dämel in 1867.
• Type locality: “Cape York, [Queensland,] Australia”.

Combinations

• Dendrophis calligastra Günther, 1867: 53 [original combination]
• Dendrelaphis calligaster — Meise & Hennig, 1932 [subsequent combination]
• Ahaetulla calligaster — Loveridge, 1948 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dendrophis salomonis Günther, 1872: 25
• Dendrophis aruensis Doria, 1874: 349
• Dendrophis darnleyensis Macleay, 1877: 38
• Dendrophis katowensis Macleay, 1877: 37
• Dendrelaphis schlenckeri Ogilby, 1898: 361
• Dendrophis calligaster distinguendus Meise & Hennig, 1932: 279

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 3 20: 45–57.
• Meise, W. & Hennig, W. 1932. Die Schlangengattung Dendrophis. Zoologischer Anzeiger 99(11/12): 273–297. Reference page. 

Additional references

• van Rooijen, J. & Vogel, G. 2016. On the status of three nominal species in the synonymy of Dendrelaphis calligaster (Günther, 1867) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4093(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.2.10.Reference page. 

Links

• Tallowin, O., Allison, A., O'Shea, M., Parker, F., Hoskin, C., Vanderduys, E., Amey, A., Couper, P. & Cogger, H. 2018. IUCN: Dendrelaphis calligaster  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T116827083A1445157. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T116827083A1445157.en. Accessed on 03 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Green Tree Snake