BOIGA 197 



The names Aguason and Agnaswn are applied to Boiga den- 

 drophila in the Bicol provinces. In Dapitan it is called Lilusan. 

 Boiga cynodon is frequently confused with the young pythons by 

 various Mindanao peoples. 



BOIGA DENDROPHILA (Boie) 



Dipsas dendrophila BoiE, Isis (1827) 549; Wagler, Icon. Amph. 



(1828) pi. 8; Syst. Amph. (1830) 181; Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 2 



(1837), 263; pi. 11, figs. 1-3; Abbild. (1844) 133, pi. 45, figs. 1-9; 



Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. (1847) 76; Motley and Dillwyn, Contr. 



Nat. Hist. Lab. (1855) 47; Gunther, Cat. Col. Snakes (1858), 



169; Rept. Brit. India (1864) 310; Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1879) 



78; Jan, Icon. Gen. (1871) 38, pi. 4, fig. 2. 

 Dipsas (Dipsas) dendrophila Fischer, Jahrb. wiss. Anst. Hamburg 



2 (1885) 81; Boettger, Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 113. 

 Ti-iglyphodon dendrophilum Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 7 (1854) 



1086. 

 Triglyphodon gemmicinctum Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. 7 (1854) 



1091. 

 Boiga dendrophila CoPE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1860) 



264; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 5 (1910) 214; § D 6 (1911) 



263; Barbour, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. Coll. 44 (1912) 125 

 Dipsas (Triglyphodon) gemmicincta Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. (1861), 



688. 

 Dipsadomorphus dendrophihis (and varieties) Boulenger, Cat. 



Snakes Brit. Mus. 3 (1896) 70 and 71. 



This widely distributed species, which occurs from the Malay 

 Peninsula throughout the East Indian Archipelago, goes through 

 a large number of variations, several of which merit subspecific 

 designation. Boulenger lists seven varieties in his Catalogue; 

 namely, dendrophila Boie, melanotus Bleeker, annectens Bou- 

 lenger, regidaris Boulenger, multicinctus Boulenger, gemmicinc- 

 tus Dumeril and Bibron, and latifasciatus Boulenger. 



Of these varieties only dendrophila multicincta Boulenger and 

 dendrophila latifasciata Boulenger occur in the Philippines; the 

 former appear to be confined to Palawan, the latter to Mindanao 

 and Samar. A third form, occurring in Luzon and Samar(?), 

 differs very markedly from B. detuUrjjyhila latifasciata and prob- 

 ably a little less so from the Palawan form. I propose to give 

 this the subspecific designation B. dendropliila dicergens subsp. 

 nov. 



Key to the Philippine subspecies of Boiga dendropliila (Boie). 



a'. 50 to 58 broad, greenish yellow bands about body and tail; ground 

 color dark black, each scale in the yellow bands edged with black; 

 ventrals, 207 to 222; subcaudals, 93 to 101. Mindanao and Samar. 



B. d. latifasciata (Boulenger) (p. 198). 



