Dendrelaphis grandoculis

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 Superclassis: 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Dendrelaphis grandoculis (Boulenger, 1890)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.23.27, ♀, collected by R.H. Beddome between 1857–1882. [designated by location restriction by Meise & Henning (1932: 286)]
Type locality: “Tinnevelly Hills, South India”.

Dendrophis grandoculis Boulenger, 1890: 337 [original combination]
Dendrophis formosus grandoculis — Meise & Henning, 1932: 286 [subsequent combination]
Ahaetulla grandoculis — Smith, 1943: 245 [subsequent combination]
Dendrelaphis grandoculis — Murthy, 1985 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page.
Meise, W. & Hennig, W. 1932. Die Schlangengattung Dendrophis. Zoologischer Anzeiger 99(11/12): 273–297.

Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. 2013. IUCN: Dendrelaphis grandoculis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T176785A1445763. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T176785A1445763.en. Accessed on 23 October 2025.