20 SNAKES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



head (1885 and 1890-1896) ; Von Moellendorf and Otto Koch 

 (1886-1905) ; A. Schadenberg (1892?). 



Since American occupation several important collections have 

 been made. Those of Maj. Edgar A. Mearns, Maj. T. M. J. 

 Partello, Dr. J. B. Steere, and Dr. J. C. Thompson have found 

 their way into American museums. Those made by C. M. Weber, 

 Willie Schultze, Richard C. McGregor, and Lawrence E. Griffin 

 ai*e contained in the Bureau of Science collections. 



My own collection on which the bulk of this work is founded 

 was made during 1912 to 1916. Specimens taken in 1917 to 

 1919 are in the Bureau of Science collections. 



The collections in the University of Santo Tomas Museum and 

 in El Ateneo de Manila date back for many years and were 

 probably made by the numerous students in those institutions. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PHILIPPINE SNAKES 



Only such titles as have a direct value in the systematic 

 study of the Philippine forms have been included. A number 

 of other works contain references to Philippine snakes, but most 

 of these omitted works have no original systematic data. 



Barbour, Thomas. A contribution to the zoogeography of the East Indian 

 Islands. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard College 44 (1912) 1-203, 

 8 pis. 



A splendid piece of work on faunal relationships of the Malay 

 Archipelago and the East Indian islands, with an annotated list of 

 herpetological specimens collected or studied. There is appended a 

 long series of tables of distribution which include species known to 

 this territory. From the Philippines are listed 21 frogs, 18 lizards, 

 26 snakes, 1 turtle, and 1 crocodile. 



Of the snakes, Bungarus fasciatus Schneider and Trimeresurus 

 S2imatranus Raffles are given in the tables as occurring in the Phil- 

 ippine Islands. The inclusion of the former species is probably an 

 error; the latter is probably synonymous with T. schultzei Griffin. 

 BOETTGER, OsKAR. Aufztihlung der von den Philippinen bekannten Rep- 

 tilien und Batrachier. Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 91-134. 



This paper, which as its title states is a check list of the turtles, 

 crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and frogs, lists the following: Turtles, 

 5 species belonging to 5 genera and 3 families: Crocodiles, 2 species 

 belonging to 1 genus and 1 family; Lizards, 48 species (including 

 2 subspecies) belonging to IS genera and 4 families; Snakes, 85 

 species belonging to 40 genera and 18 families. Many of the species 

 of snakes are incorrectly included in the list, and "many are rep- 

 resented under more than one name. The work is merely a com- 

 pilation from the works of other authors. 

 BOETTGER, OsKAR. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der 

 Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am 

 Main; I. Theil. (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkroten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, 

 Chamieleons) Frankfurt am Main (1893). 



A few Philippine specimens are listed. 



