Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Gray 1834
Creators: name: Rooijen, Johan Van
name: Vogel, Gernot
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Dendrelaphis
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus

description: Key to the species of the Dendrelaphis caudolineatus group
- A prominent black postocular stripe that extends onto the neck (Figs. 9, 12–15).................................... 1
- A black postocular stripe is absent or rudimentary (Figs. 5–8, 10–11)............................................ 3
1 black longitudinal stripes along the entire length of the body, 8 at midbody, pale ventrolateral line present (Fig. 9); 175–181 ventrals (males), 180–189 ventrals (females); 101–116 subcaudals; relative taillength 0.250–0.285................................................................................ D. levitoni sp. nov. (Palawan, Balabac, Candaraman)
- fewer than 8 black longitudinal stripes at midbody........................................................... 2
2 162–170 ventrals (males), 161–172 [179 1] ventrals (females); 94–108 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.268–0.298 (males), 0.252–0.290 (females)....................................................................................... D. philippinensis (Basilan, Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, South Luzon (Albay), Polillo, Kalotkot, Catanduanes)
- 170–175 ventrals (males), 174–181 ventrals (females); 94–102 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.245–0.260 (males), 0.255–0.265 (females)............................................................... D. terrificus (Sulawesi)
3 no black longitudinal stripes (Figs. 6–8, 11)............................................................... 4.
- black longitudinal stripes present (Figs. 5, 10).............................................................. 6.
4 a yellow stripe on the neck in live specimens; 173–181 ventrals (females); 104–110 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.262–0.270................................................................ D. flavescens (Sulu archipelago)
- no yellow stripe...................................................................................... 5.
5 180–197 ventrals (males), 183–195 ventrals (females); 114–125 subcaudals, relative tail-length 0.278–0.307................................................................................................ D. modestus (Malukus)
- 173–175 ventrals (males), 175–182 ventrals (females); 97–114 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.255–0.285.......................................................................... D. fuliginosus (Negros, Panay, Mindoro, Masbate)
6 black longitudinal stripes and pale ventrolateral line present along the entire length of the body (Fig. 5); 171–180 ventrals (males), 171–185 ventrals (females); 101–113 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.250–0.280.... D. caudolineatus (Sundaland)
- black longitudinal stripes and pale ventrolateral line present in the posterior half of the body (Fig. 10); 174–182 ventrals (males), 178–187 ventrals (females); 100–117 subcaudals; relative tail-length 0.252–0.291.......... D. luzonensis (Luzon)
1 the value of 179 represents an extreme outlier situated 3.5 standard deviations from the mean (see also Fig. 4).
description: Published as part of Rooijen, Johan Van & Vogel, Gernot, 2012, A revision of the taxonomy of Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) (Serpentes: Colubridae), pp. 1-25 in Zootaxa 3272 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3272.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/215455