Boiga schultzei

Boiga schultzei, commonly known as the Schultze's blunt-headed tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.

Boiga schultzei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Boiga
Species:
B. schultzei
Binomial name
Boiga schultzei
Taylor, 1923
Synonyms[2]
  • Boiga schultzei
    Taylor, 1923
  • Boiga drapiezii schultzei
    — Welch, 1988
  • Boiga schultzei
    — Greene, 1989
  • Boiga drapiezii schultzei
    — Gaulke, 1994
  • Boiga schultzei
    — Orlov et al., 2003

Etymology

The specific name, schultzei, is in honor of Willie Schultze in whose private collection E.H. Taylor found the specimen which would become the holotype.[3][2]

Geographic range

B. schultzei is found on the island of Palawan, Philippines.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. schultzei is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 200 m (660 ft).[1]

Description

B. schultzei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 1.04 m (3.4 ft), plus a tail 0.37 m (1.2 ft) long.[3]

Diet

B. schultzei preys upon lizards, such as the gecko Gehyra mutilata.[4]

Reproduction

B. schultzei is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Brown R, Dimalibot J (2007). "Boiga schultzei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  2. Species Boiga schultzei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Taylor (1923).
  4. Greene (1989).

Further reading
  • Greene HW (1989). "Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of feeding biology of Old World cat snakes, genus Boiga (Colubridae)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 46 (8): 193–207. (Boiga schultzei, p. 197).
  • Taylor EH (1923). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III". Philippine Journal of Science 22: 515–557 + Plates 1–3. (Boiga schultzei, new species, pp. 552–553 + Plate 3, figure 3).
  • Weinell JL, Hooper E, Leviton AE, Brown RM (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines" Proc. California Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 66 (1): 1–49.



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