Boiga schultzei

Boiga schultzei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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

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.

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. (2009). "Boiga schultzei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T169792A6674462. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169792A6674462.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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 Series46 (8): 193–207. (Boiga schultzei, p. 197).
• Taylor EH (1923). "Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, III". Philippine Journal of Science22: 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 Series66 (1): 1–49.