A bit of info please (latin names)

[snakes]

Hi All,

Can anybody put the latin name to these mangroves please.

Black mangrove
Black and white mangrove
Black and yellow mangrove (yellow underside and the bands circle the whole body)
Black and yellow mangrove (black underside and the bands circle half the body)
Would appreciate this info please.

Thanks

[scapegoat]

Black mangrove

Boiga dendrophila gemmicincta

Black and white mangrove

Boiga dendrophila dendrophila

and for the black and yellow ones we would need some photos because there are a lot of dendrophila subspecies with this color!

regards,
alexander

[ian14]

The black/yellow with bands circling the body and yellow underside is likely to be B. d. dendrophila, the other black/yellow is likely to be B. d. melanota, these, as far as I can tell, are the only subspecies, along with gemicincta, available in the UK.

[ian14]

Further to the last, if you have a look on the Boiga dendropila section on the forum, then go onto the "dendropihla/melanota" thread, there is a really useful key to differentiate these two.

[snakes]

:)Thanks for the info, will post some pics soon and check out the section in the forum.

Thanks again

[scapegoat]

ian14 said:

, the other black/yellow is likely to be B. d. melanota, these, as far as I can tell, are the only subspecies, along with gemicincta, available in the UK.

it's not that easy, sometimes other dendrophila subspecies come from asia and are sold as melanota because the people selling these snakes are not able to make a distingtion between the (very similar looking) subspecies.

alexander