30 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



Seoane, Victor Lopez. Neue Boidengattung und Art von den Philippinen. 

 Abh. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1881) 12. [Author's separate, pp. 1-7, pL 1.] 

 Describes a new genus Piesigaster with the species Piesigaster boett- 

 gcri from "der Provinz Iloilo und Pollock auf der Insel B'lindanao," 

 supposedly captured there by a brother of the author, a ship's captain 

 of the Royal Spanish Marine. The specimen is Epicrate^ iriornatus 

 Reinhardt from the West Indies. 



Steindachner, p. Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die 

 Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commo- 

 dore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Reptilien, Wien 

 (1867) 98 pp. 3 pis.; Amphibien, Wien (1867) 70 pp. 5 pis. 



One new species Gyinnodactylus philippinictis is described, and a few 

 others are listed from the Philippines. The foUowang Philippine 

 snakes are described as new: Dipsas gim-aonis ( ::= Boiga angidatiis 

 Peters); Lycodon bairdi (= Psammodyiiastes pidveTiiIentus Boie). 

 Five other Philippine snakes are recorded. 



Steindachner, F. Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien (1867). 



Describes Cahimaria philippinica, p. 514, pi. 13, figs. 4—6, and Ty- 

 phlops petersi, p. 515, pi. 13,- figs. 7-9. The first is a synonjin of 

 Calamaria. grayi Giinther; the second is probably Typhlops rnricaiida 

 Gray. 



STEiNDACt-iNEE, F. Sitzb, Akad. Wien, c. (1891). 



Describes Simotes meyerlinkii (= Holarchns meyerinlcn) , page 294. 



Stejneger, Leonhard. a new calamarine snake from the Philippine Is- 

 lands. Smithson. Misc. Coll. (1908) 50. 



Describes Calamaria mearnsi from Mindanao. 



Taylor, Edward H. Snakes and lizards known from Negros, with descrip- 

 tions of new species and new subspecies. Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 

 12 (1917) 353-382, 2 pis., 2 text figs. 



Tv/enty-four snakes and 24 lizards are listed. Two new species 

 and 3 new subspecies of snakes, and 4 new lizards are described. 



The snakes are Typhlops canlaoncnsis, Natrix deiidrophioi^s ncgro- 

 sensis, Pseudorhabdmm mcnamarse, Calamaria gervaitrii iridescens, 

 and Trimerestt.rus wagleri alboviridis. All are from Mount Canlaon, 

 in central northern Negros. 



Taylor, Edwakd H. Reptiles of the Sulu Archipelago. Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. § D 13 (1918) 233-267, 3 pis., 11 text figs. 



Six new lizards and 1 new snake are described in this paper. The 

 snake is Typhlops suluevsis from Bubuan Island, Sulu. Fifteen snakes 

 are listed. The following changes are necessary: Ablabes tricolor ( = 

 Liopcltis tricolor Schlegel) ; Elaphc crythriira Dumeril and Bibron 

 (= Elaphe philippina Griffin); Calamaria gcrvaisii Dumeril and Bi- 

 bron (= Calamaria snliicnsis sp. nov.) ; Laticauda colubrina, part., 

 Schneider (= Laticauda laticaitdata Linnteus). 



Taylor, Edward H. Two new snakes of the genus Holarchus with descrip- 

 tions of other Philippine species. Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 13 (1918) 

 359-369, 2 pis. 



Two new snakes, Holardtvs hitrk^i and HolarchiLs viaciilatii.''. are 

 described as new. 



Taylor, Edward H. New or rare Philippine reptiles. Philip Jor.rn Sci 

 14 (1919) 10.5-125, 2 pis., 2 text figs. 



