Tropidonophis negrosensis

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

Tropidonophis negrosensis (Taylor, 1917)

Holotype: CM 2261, ♂ (formerly EHT 128), ♂, collected by E.H. Taylor in December 1915.
Type locality: “Canlaon Volcano, Occidental Negros, P. I. [=Philippines]”.

Natrix dendrophiops negrosensis Taylor, 1917: 356 [original combination, as subspecies]
Tropidonophis negrosensis — Malnate & Underwood, 1988: 81 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Taylor, E.H. 1917. Snakes and lizards known from Negros, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Philippine Journal of Science 12(6): 353–381. BHL 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.

Diesmos, A., Jakosalem, P.G. & Demegillo, A. 2009. IUCN: Tropidonophis negrosensis (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169902A6688254. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169902A6688254.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.