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Dendrelaphis

January 01, 1970

Dendrelaphis is a genus of colubrid snakes, distributed from Pakistan, India and southern China to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. There are over forty described species. Asian species are known commonly as bronzebacks, while the Australo-Papuan species are simply called treesnakes. All are non-venomous and entirely harmless to humans.

Dendrelaphis
D. punctulatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Boulenger, 1890
Species

>40 recognized species, see article.

Synonyms

Dendrophis

Classification edit

This list is based on the latest checklist of snakes in the world[1] and recent revisions and descriptions published in the scientific literature.

The authors of a 2015 revision of the Australo-Papuan Dendrelaphis species recommended the synonymy of D. solomonis within D. calligaster, the elevation of D. keiensis to species status, the resurrection of D. lineolatus from within D. calligaster, and the resurrection of D. macrops and elevation of D. striolatus from within D. punctulatus. They also confined D. punctulatus to Australia and D. papuensis to the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea.[2]

Description edit

Bronzebacks range in total length (including tail) from 2 feet (0.61 m) to up to 6 feet (1.8 m). All species have a slender body with a long tail. Males are shorter in length and brighter in coloration; they also tend to be more active. Females are stouter with duller or darker colorations and are less active. Typical coloration includes red, brown, or orange on the head with bronze, brown, or olive-green running down the length of the back. The underside of the body is usually bright to pale green or yellow. They have big eyes and bright red tongues. The tail is fully prehensile.

Diet edit

The primary prey of Dendrelaphis species consists of lizards and frogs, but the larger species are capable of taking birds, bats, and small rodents.

References edit

  1. ^ Wallach, V.; Williams, K.L.; Boundy, J. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.
  2. ^ van Rooijen, J.; Vogel, G.; Somaweera, R. (2015). "A revised taxonomy of the Australo-Papuan species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Salamandra. 51 (1): 33–56.
  3. ^ a b Vogel, G.; Van Rooijen, J. (2011). "Contributions to a review of the Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin, 1789) complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) – 3. The Indian forms, with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats". Journal of Herpetology. 45 (1): 100–110. doi:10.1670/09-035.1. S2CID 85867473.
  4. ^ a b Boulenger, G.A. (1890). "Genus Dendrophis". Reptilia and Batrachia: The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 337–339.
  5. ^ Nguyen, Sang Ngoc; Nguyen, Vu Dang Hoang; Le, Manh Van; Nguyen, Luan Thanh; Vo, Thi-Dieu-Hien; Vo, Ba Dinh; Che, Jing; Murphy, Robert W. (2023). "A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam". Zootaxa. 5318 (1): 130–144. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5318.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ Lazell, J.D. (2002). "The herpetofauna of Shek Kwu Chau, South Chinese Sea, with descriptions of two new colubrid snakes". Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society. 25: 1–82.
  7. ^ Vogel, G.; Van Rooijen, J. (2011). "Description of a new species of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 from Myanmar (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60 (1): 17–24.

Further reading edit

  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Dendrelaphis, p. 87, Figure 7).
  • Gow GF (1983). Snakes of Australia, Completely Revised Edition. Sydney: HarperCollins Australia. 128 pp. ISBN 0-207-14437-0.
  • Wall F (1921). Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Genus Dendrelaphis, pp. 220–221).

External links edit

  • Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database
  • Video of Dendrelaphis kopsteini in Malaysia

January 01, 1970
dendrelaphis, genus, colubrid, snakes, distributed, from, pakistan, india, southern, china, indonesia, timor, leste, philippines, australia, guinea, solomon, islands, there, over, forty, described, species, asian, species, known, commonly, bronzebacks, while, . Dendrelaphis is a genus of colubrid snakes distributed from Pakistan India and southern China to Indonesia Timor Leste the Philippines Australia New Guinea and the Solomon Islands There are over forty described species Asian species are known commonly as bronzebacks while the Australo Papuan species are simply called treesnakes All are non venomous and entirely harmless to humans Dendrelaphis D punctulatus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Order Squamata Suborder Serpentes Family Colubridae Subfamily Ahaetuliinae Genus DendrelaphisBoulenger 1890 Species gt 40 recognized species see article Synonyms Dendrophis Contents 1 Classification 2 Description 3 Diet 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksClassification editThis list is based on the latest checklist of snakes in the world 1 and recent revisions and descriptions published in the scientific literature The authors of a 2015 revision of the Australo Papuan Dendrelaphis species recommended the synonymy of D solomonis within D calligaster the elevation of D keiensis to species status the resurrection of D lineolatus from within D calligaster and the resurrection of D macrops and elevation of D striolatus from within D punctulatus They also confined D punctulatus to Australia and D papuensis to the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea 2 Dendrelaphis andamanensis Anderson 1871 Andaman bronzeback Dendrelaphis ashoki G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2011 Ashok s bronzeback tree snake 3 Dendrelaphis bifrenalis Boulenger 1890 Boulenger s bronzeback southern India and Sri Lanka 4 Dendrelaphis biloreatus Wall 1908 Gore s bronzeback Dendrelaphis binhi S Nguyen V Nguyen Le L Nguyen T Vo B Vo Che amp Murphy 2023 Binh s bronzeback 5 Dendrelaphis calligaster Gunther 1867 northern treesnake green treesnake coconut treesnake Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Gray 1834 striped bronzeback grey bronzeback Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus Gunther 1869 Gunther s bronzeback tree snake Dendrelaphis chairecacos F Boie 1827 Dendrelaphis cyanochloris Wall 1921 blue bronzeback Dendrelaphis effrenis F Werner 1909 Sinharaja tree snake Dendrelaphis flavescens Gaulke 1994 Sulu bronzeback Dendrelaphis formosus F Boie 1827 elegant bronzeback Dendrelaphis fuliginosus Griffin 1909 Philippine lamp black tree snake Dendrelaphis gastrostictus Boulenger 1894 montane treesnake Dendrelaphis girii G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2011 Giri s bronzeback 3 Dendrelaphis grandoculis Boulenger 1890 large eyed bronzeback southern bronzeback 4 Dendrelaphis grismeri G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2008 Dendrelaphis haasi van Rooijen amp G Vogel 2008 Haas s bronzeback Dendrelaphis hollinrakei Lazell 2002 6 Dendrelaphis humayuni Tiwari amp Biswas 1973 Nicobar bronzeback Tiwari s bronzeback Dendrelaphis inornatus Boulenger 1897 Lesser Sunda bronzeback Dendrelaphis keiensis Mertens 1926 Kei treesnake Dendrelaphis kopsteini G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2007 Kopstein s bronzeback Dendrelaphis levitoni van Rooijen amp G Vogel 2012 Leviton s bronzeback tree snake Dendrelaphis lineolatus Jacquinot amp Guichenot 1853 Dendrelaphis lorentzii van Lidth de Jeude 1911 Lorentz River treesnake Dendrelaphis luzonensis Leviton 1961 Luzon bronzeback treesnake Dendrelaphis macrops Gunther 1877 Dendrelaphis marenae G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2008 Maren s bronzeback Dendrelaphis modestus Boulenger 1894 grey bronzeback striped bronzeback Dendrelaphis ngansonensis Bourret 1935 Nganson bronzeback Dendrelaphis nigroserratus G Vogel van Rooijen amp Hauser 2012 sawtooth necked bronzeback Dendrelaphis oliveri Taylor 1950 Oliver s bronzeback Dendrelaphis papuensis Boulenger 1895 Papuan treesnake Dendrelaphis philippinensis Gunther 1879 Philippine bronzeback treesnake Dendrelaphis pictus Gmelin 1789 painted bronzeback common bronzeback Indonesian bronzeback Dendrelaphis proarchos Wall 1909 Dendrelaphis punctulatus Gray 1827 common treesnake Australian treesnake green tree snake Dendrelaphis schokari Kuhl 1820 Schokar s bronzeback Dendrelaphis striatus Cohn 1905 striped bronzeback striated bronzeback treesnake Dendrelaphis striolatus W Peters 1867 Dendrelaphis subocularis Boulenger 1888 mountain bronzeback Burmese bronzeback Dendrelaphis terrificus W Peters 1872 terrific bronzeback Dendrelaphis tristis Daudin 1803 common bronzeback Daudin s bronzebackack Dendrelaphis underwoodi van Rooijen amp G Vogel 2008 Underwood s bronzeback Dendrelaphis vogeli Jiang Guo Ren amp Li 2020 Vogel s bronzeback Dendrelaphis walli G Vogel amp van Rooijen 2011 7 Dendrelaphis wickrorum Danushka et al 2020 Wickramasinghes bronzebackDescription editBronzebacks range in total length including tail from 2 feet 0 61 m to up to 6 feet 1 8 m All species have a slender body with a long tail Males are shorter in length and brighter in coloration they also tend to be more active Females are stouter with duller or darker colorations and are less active Typical coloration includes red brown or orange on the head with bronze brown or olive green running down the length of the back The underside of the body is usually bright to pale green or yellow They have big eyes and bright red tongues The tail is fully prehensile Diet editThe primary prey of Dendrelaphis species consists of lizards and frogs but the larger species are capable of taking birds bats and small rodents References edit Wallach V Williams K L Boundy J 2014 Snakes of the World A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species Boca Raton Florida CRC Press ISBN 978 1 4822 0847 4 van Rooijen J Vogel G Somaweera R 2015 A revised taxonomy of the Australo Papuan species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis Serpentes Colubridae Salamandra 51 1 33 56 a b Vogel G Van Rooijen J 2011 Contributions to a review of the Dendrelaphis pictus Gmelin 1789 complex Serpentes Colubridae 3 The Indian forms with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats Journal of Herpetology 45 1 100 110 doi 10 1670 09 035 1 S2CID 85867473 a b Boulenger G A 1890 Genus Dendrophis Reptilia and Batrachia The Fauna of British India Including Ceylon and Burma London Taylor and Francis pp 337 339 Nguyen Sang Ngoc Nguyen Vu Dang Hoang Le Manh Van Nguyen Luan Thanh Vo Thi Dieu Hien Vo Ba Dinh Che Jing Murphy Robert W 2023 A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890 Squamata Colubridae from the coastal area of southern Vietnam Zootaxa 5318 1 130 144 doi 10 11646 zootaxa 5318 1 6 ISSN 1175 5334 Lazell J D 2002 The herpetofauna of Shek Kwu Chau South Chinese Sea with descriptions of two new colubrid snakes Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 25 1 82 Vogel G Van Rooijen J 2011 Description of a new species of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger 1890 from Myanmar Squamata Serpentes Colubridae Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60 1 17 24 Further reading editBoulenger GA 1894 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum Natural History Volume II Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridae Aglyphae London Trustees of the British Museum Natural History Taylor and Francis printers xi 382 pp Plates I XX Genus Dendrelaphis p 87 Figure 7 Gow GF 1983 Snakes of Australia Completely Revised Edition Sydney HarperCollins Australia 128 pp ISBN 0 207 14437 0 Wall F 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon Colombo Ceylon Sri Lanka Colombo Museum H R Cottle Government Printer xxii 581 pp Genus Dendrelaphis pp 220 221 External links editGenus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database Video of Dendrelaphis kopsteini in Malaysia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dendrelaphis amp oldid 1192303711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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