EXERCISE IV- PART B

Corcuera, Lady Gayvee DC. October 14, 2017

WLDL 101 G-1L

2014-98787

1. Family Viperidae

Scientific name: Parias schultzei (Griffin, 1909)

Synonyms: Trimeresurus schultzei Griffin, 1909

Common name: Schultze's Pit Viper, Palawan Pit Viper

Distribution: Islands of Palawan, Balabac and Culion, and is considered likely

to be present on Dumaran, Coron and adjacent small islands.
Habitat: forest, or wooded, habitats ranging from primary tropical most forest to
degraded secondary

Morphometrics: TL: 70.2 cm, SVL: 58.2 cm, HdL: 3 cm, Tail: 12 cm, Body
width: 1.8 cm.

Distinguishing characteristics: They have a triangular head, with a distinct

eye, they have front fangs, have a singular overlapping horizontal ventral scale
and a nasal pit
2. Family Acrochordidae

Scientific name: Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider, 1799)

Synonyms: Acrochordus fasciatus Shaw, 1802, Chersydrus annulatus Gray,

1849, Chersydrus fasciatus (Shaw, 1802), Chersydrus granulatus (Schneider,
1799), Hydrus granulatus Schneider, 1799, Pelamis granulatus (Schneider,
1799)

Common name: Wart Snake, Little Filesnake, Little Wartsnake, Marine File
Snake, Small Warty Snake

Distribution: This species is known from peninsular India (northwest coast

including Gujarat), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Nicobar and Andaman Islands,
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New
Guinea, the Solomon Islands and coastal northern Australia

Habitat: found in coastal rivers, estuaries, mangrove water courses, and in the
open sea (especially shallow seas over mud bottom), and coral reef.

Morphometrics: TL: 63 cm SVL: 56 cm, HdL:2 cm, Tail: 7 cm, Body width: 2.6
cm

Distinguishing characteristics: Their tongue is attached at base, they have a

lateral white horizontal stripes, loose skin and Dorsal terminal nostrils
3. Family Viperidae

Scientific name: Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)

Synonyms: wagleri Boie, 1827 [nom. nud.]

Common name: Wagler's Keeled Green Pit Viper, Wagler's Palm Viper,
Wagler's Pit Viper

Distribution: occurs disjunctly in Ca Mau and Binh Duong Provinces of

southern Viet Nam, and from southern Thailand to Sumatra, Indonesia. The
records from Viet Nam are unconfirmed.

Habitat: Usually found in wet lowland forests, swamps, marshes, mangroves,

and coastal swamps. It is almost always found near water.

Morphometrics: TL:76 cm, SVL: 63 cm, HdL: 3 cm, Tail: 13 cm, Body width: 2.5
cm

Distinguishing characteristics: They have a triangular head, nasal pits. They

have a distinct eye color, their ventral scales are horizontal and their front fangs
are solenoglyphous.
4. Family Typhlopidae

Scientific name: Rhampotyphlops braminus

Synonyms: Ramphotyphlops acuticaudus (Peters, 1877)

Common name: Brahminy Blind Snakes

Distribution: Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar ,Cambodia, Malaysia

(Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Sibu, Pulau Besar etc.), Indonesia (Sulawesi,
Komodo, Sumatra), Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, S China (Hainan,
Guangdong: Nan Ao Island, Hong Kong, Sichuan/Chongqing), Taiwan (incl.
Lanyu), Japan (Ryukyu islands, incl. Senkaku), India (Madhya Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra (Pune), Arunachal Pradesh (Miao –
Changlang district, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Nepal, Bhutan, Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon, Cebu,
Camiguin Sur, etc.), New Guinea, Nauru, Palau,

Habitat: found in primary forest. It appears to be found in mesic forest edge

habitats and urban areas where open space still exists

Morphometrics: TL: 13 cm, SVL: 12.6 cm, HdL: 0.2 cm, Tail: 0.4 cm, Body
width: 0.4 cm

Distinguishing characteristics: They are small snakes with cylindrical body

covered with smooth scales they have vestigial eyes, a rigid skull and a blunt
snout and they are aglyphous.
5. Family Colubridae

Scientific name: Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)

Synonyms: Coluber mycterizans Raffles, 1822, Coluber nasutus Shaw, 1802,

Dryinus prasinus (Boie, 1827), Dryophis prasinus Boie, 1827, Dryophis
prasinus ssp. chinensis Mell, 1930, Dryophis xanthozona (Duméril & Bibron,
1854), Passerita prasina (Boie, 1827), Tragops prasinus (Boie, 1827), Tragops
xanthozonius Duméril & Bibron, 1854

Common name: Asian Vine Snake, Boie's Whip Snake, Gunther's Whip Snake,
Oriental Whip Snake

Distribution: widely distributed in Asia from India across southern China to Viet
Nam, southward to the Philippines and as far east as Ternate, Indonesia, two of
the subspecies are endemic to the Philippines: A. p. preocularis from Panay,
Luzon, Dinagat, Siargao, Basilan, Batan, Bohol, Camiguin, Cebu, Leyte,
Mindanao, Negros, Polillo, Sibuyan, and probably many other Philippine Islands,
and A. p. suluensis from Jolo, Siasi, Sangasanga, Tawitawi, Bongao and
Sibutu.

Habitat: They inhabit in both primary lowland and montane moist forests,
secondary forests, dry and open forests, scrublands, plantations, gardens,
monsoon forest, cultivated land, roadsides, and city gardens, In the Philippines
they are usually found in coconut plantations and areas given over to
agroforestry.

Morphometrics: TL: 106 cm, SVL: 67.7 cm, HdL: 3 cm, Tail: 38. 3 cm, Body
width: 2 cm,
 Distinguishing characteristics: They have a slender body, an elongated
pointed head, Adult coloration varies from light brown to dull yellow-green and
often a startling fluorescent green. they have a horizontal pupil, they have white
ventral side and a single horizontal scale. It is a rear-fanged species and is
mildly venomous but is not considered a threat to humans.

6. Family Phytonidae

Scientific name: Malayophyton reticulatus

Synonyms: Malayopython reticulatus jampeanus, Malayopython

reticulatus reticulatus, Malayopython reticulatus saputrai

Common name: Reticulated Phyton

Distribution: Indonesia, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; India

(Nicobar Islands); Laos; Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Pulau Tioman);
W Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma);
Philippines (Basilan, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros,
Palawan: Calamian Islands, Panay, Polillo, Samar, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu
Archipelago); Singapore, Thailand; Vietnam.

Habitat: They live in rain forests, woodlands, and nearby grasslands they can
also be found in lowland to lower montane forests, agricultural areas, scrublands
and mangrove edge, they are often found in drainage channels in urban areas.

Morphometrics: TL: 79.5 cm, SVL: 74.5 cm, HdL: 4.5 cm, Tail:5 cm, Body
width: 4.5 cm.
 Distinguishing characteristics: They have a zigzag arrangement of black lines
with yellow-brown and dark brown or medium grey patches, with minor areas of
white, reticulated markings the head is elongate with a dark line down the
middle, and the eyes have vertical pupils they have nasal pit and tapered tongue
attached at base.

7. Family Colubridae

Scientific name: Boiga cynodon (Boie, 1827)

Synonyms: Dipsas cynodon Boie, 1827

Common name: Dog-toothed Cat Snake, Large Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Distribution: They are widespread in Southeast Asia. It ranges from southern

Thailand into Peninsular Malaysia (including Pulau Tioman) and Singapore, from
here south into Indonesia as far as Bali (including the Mentawai Archipelago,
Sumatra, Nias, the Riau Archipelago and Java), Borneo (Brunei, Kalimantan,
Sabah and Sarawak), and the Philippines (Basilan, Culion, Dinagat, Leyte,
Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Polillo, Sibutu, Panay, Samar and the Sulu
Archipelago).

Habitat: They can be found in a wide range of habitats, from primary and
secondary forest, to cultivated areas, rural gardens and urban areas. They are
often found in coconut plantations. In forested areas, it is known to live in the
canopy.

Morphometrics: TL: 52 cm, SVL:43.5 cm, HdL: 2 cm, Tail: 12.5 cm, Body width:
1.3 cm
 Distinguishing characteristics: They are large snake with strongly enlarged
front teeth of the upper jaw and the lower jaw. They have a slender body that is
laterally compressed. They have smooth dorsal scales. They have circular eyes,
front fangs, tapered with blunt end and a singular horizontal ventral scale

8. Family Colubridae

Scientific name: Lycodon aulicus, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms: Coluber aulicus Linnaeus, 1758

Lycodon aulicus, F. Boie, 1827

Common name: Indian wolf snake

Distribution: They can be found

in Pakistan, SriLanka, India , Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (=Burma), Thailand,
Malaysia , Indonesia, Philippines, Maldives (accidental introduction),
Mascarenes , Mauritus (introduced) , south China

Habitat: They can be found in lowland tropical forest and especially in disturbed
habitat such as plantations, cultivated areas, villages, and urban areas.

Morphometrics: TL:98.1 cm, SVL: 89 cm, HdL: 2.2 cm, Tail:9.1 cm, Body width:
1.5 cm

Distinguishing characteristics: They are large flattened with broad snout, they
have a diamond shape of scales that are not overlapping, their scales have
white margin and jaws are prominent.
9. Family Colubridae

Scientific name: Dendrelaphis terrificus (PETERS, 1872)

Synonyms: Dendrophis terrificus, Dendrophis picta, Dendrelaphis terrificus,

Dendrelaphis caudolineatus terrificus, Dendrelaphis caudolineatus cf. terrificus,
Dendrelaphis terrificus, Dendrelaphis terrificus

Common name: Colubrid snakes

Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi), Philippines (Panay) restricted to “Samar

Island”, southern Burma to Sulawesi, the Philippines and Maluku Islands, and
the Eastern United States.

Habitat: They can be found from coastal lowlands to mountainous areas up to

1500 in elevation

Morphometrics: TL: 80.9cm, SVL: 64.1 cm, HdL: 2.7 cm,Tail: 16.8 cm, Body
width: 1.7 cm

Distinguishing characteristics: They have a Light coloration on the cephalic

region of the head, they have depressed eye balls, a diamond shape of scales in
the dorsal region, their head is bullet in shape and it has a light coloration on the
ventral region of the head. They also have an even bristle like teeth and
prominent jaws. They do not have fangs.
10. Family Colubridae

Scientific name: Oligodon ancorus (Girard, 1857)

Synonyms: Oligodon rhombifer, Oligodon ancorus, Oligodon rhombifer,

Oligodon rhombifer, Oligodon ancorus

Common name: Northern Short-headed Snake

Distribution: They are endemic to the Philippines, where it has been recorded
from many localities on the islands of Mindoro and Luzon (being seemingly
absent from the Bicol Peninsula). It appears to be a lowland species found
between sea level and 600 m asl.

Habitat: They are historically associated with coastal forests, but can also be
found in mid-montane tropical moist forest. On Mindoro, it has been found in
secondary growth forest adjacent to primary forest.

Morphometrics: TL: 44.8 cm, SVL: 39.8 cm, HdL: 0.9 cm,Tail: 5 cm, Body
width:0.9 cm

Distinguishing characteristics: They have an Ovoid shape of scales on dorsal

region, light medial coloration pointed snout and eye balls that are not depress.
11. Family Elapidae

Scientific name: Naja philippinensis Taylor, 1922

Synonyms:

Common name: Northern Philippine Cobra

Distribution: They are endemic to the Philippines where it has been recorded
from the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, and Marinduque. It is found up to
elevations of 800 m asl.

Habitat: This terrestrial species is found in a wide range of habitats, from

primary tropical moist forest to agricultural and urban areas.

Morphometrics: TL:107.3 cm, SVL: 91.8 cm, HdL:5 cm, Tail: 15.5 cm, Body
width: 3.7 cm,

Distinguishing characteristics: They have a medium length with long cervical

ribs, their head is elliptical, depressed, slightly distinct from neck with a short,
rounded snout and large nostrils, they have moderate sized eyes with dark
brown and round pupils
12. Family Crocodylidae

Scientific name: Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801

Synonyms: Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus porosus, Crocodylus raninus,

Crocodylus porosus

Common name: Salt-water Crocodile, Estuarine Crocodile

Distribution: Australia; Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; India;

Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines;
Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Vanuatu; Viet Nam

Habitat: Inland lakes, swamps and marshes as well as coastal brackish waters
and tidal sections of rivers. Terrestrial nest sites and basking areas.

Morphometrics: HL: 33 cm, Hw: 14 cm, Lower Jaw: 500 cm, Jaw width: 19 cm,

Distinguishing characteristics: They have a has a wide snout compared to

most crocodiles, it has long muzzle, they have fewer armor plates on its neck
than other crocodilians, they have a pair of ridges runs from the eyes along the
center of the snout, they have an oval shaped scale and their scutes are small.
13. Family Crocodylidae

Scientific name: Crocodylus mindorensis Schmidt, 1935

Synonyms: Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis,

Crocodylus novaeguineae mindorensis, Crocodylus mindorensis, Crocodylus
mindorensis, Crocodylus mindorensis

Common name: Philippine Crocodile

Distribution: Philippine Crocodile specimens have been collected from the

islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Samar, Jolo, Negros, Busuanga and
Mindanao suggesting that historically C. mindorensis was widely distributed
throughout the archipelago and probably occurred on all larger Philippine
islands.

Habitat: They live in rivers, creeks, ponds and marshes from sea level up to at
least 850 m above sea level in the Cordillera Mountains of Luzon. It has been
observed in saline waters along the coast of Luzon where it moves between
small creeks through the sea. In several areas, C. mindorensis and C.
porosus appear to occur sympatrically.

Morphometrics: HL: 16.5 cm, Hw: 7 cm,

Distinguishing characteristics: They are relatively small, freshwater crocodile.

They have a relatively broad snout and thick bony plates on its back (heavy
dorsal armor). Females are slightly smaller than males. Philippine crocodiles are
golden-brown in color, which darkens as they mature.