Dendrelaphis fuliginosus
Species of snake
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dendrelaphis fuliginosus, commonly known as the Philippine lamp-black tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in the Philippines.[2]
| Dendrelaphis fuliginosus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Ahaetuliinae |
| Genus: | Dendrelaphis |
| Species: | D. fuliginosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dendrelaphis fuliginosus (Griffin, 1909) | |
Etymology
Taxonomy
Dendrelaphis fuliginosus belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[3]
Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below:[4]
| Ahaetuliinae |
| ||||||
.jpg){kind=small}