Tropidonophis dendrophiops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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

Tropidonophis dendrophiops (Günther, 1883)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.41 (formerly BMNH 1882.11.25.13), ♀, collected by H.M.S. Challenger Voyage (Stn. 201 or 212) between 23–25 October 1874 or 30 January–5 February 1875.
Type locality: “Zamboanga (Philippine Islands)”.

Tropidonotus dendrophiops Günther, 1883: 136 [original combination]
Natrix dendrophiops — Taylor, 1922 [subsequent combination]
Macropophis dendrophiops — Malnate, 1960: 47 [subsequent combination]
Tropidonophis dendrophiops — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 85 [subsequent combination]

Günther, A. 1883. Description of two snakes from the ‘Challenger” collections. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5 11: 136–137. BHL
Malnate, E.V. 1960. Systematic Division and Evolution of the Colubrid Snake Genus Natrix, with Comments on the Subfamily Natricinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 112: 41–71. JSTOR Reference page.
Malnate, E.V. & Underwood, G. 1984. Australasian Natricine Snakes of the Genus Tropidonophis. Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140(1): 59–201. JSTOR Reference page.

Kim, P., Pitogo, K., Diesmos, A.C., Gonzalez, J.C.T. & Delima, E.M. 2022. IUCN: Tropidonophis dendrophiops (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T169881A183939294. Accessed on 02 March 2026.