00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862409312 Buklod 20210603161032.0 m | | ta 210603s2020 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00040676646 STII-DOST BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3515 Malaki, Archiebald Baltazar B. author. First distribution record of north Philippine Temple Pitviper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus Gray, 1842) on Cebu Island, Philippines [Research note] by Archiebald Baltazar B. Malaki, Steve Michael T. Alcazar, Edgardo P. Lillo, Raamah C. Rosales, Bernardo A. Redoblado, John Lou B. Diaz, and Inocencio E. Buot Jr. 2020. pages 643-647 color illustrations, maps 26 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 647) This paper presents the newly documented single specimen of the North Philippine temple pitviper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus), one of the venomous endemic snakes of the Philippines. The species has never been recorded in Cebu Island in the last two waves of survey in 1986 and 2016. The new record for Cebu Island on 13 Apr 2018 was a male juvenile T. subannulatus in a diverse forest over limestone in Mount Lantoy key biodiversity area (KBA), with an elevation of 648 m having geographic coordinates of 9.91395ºN and 123.51207ºE in Barangay Cansuje, Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The specimen was recorded in the permanent vegetation plot no. 1, established within the secondary natural forest, perching on the vines (Piper sp.). Some tree species found within the collection area were the following: Garcinia rubra, Ficus ampelas, Canarium asperum, Calophyllum blancoi, Gomphandra luzoniensis, and Goniothalamus almeri. The distance of occurrence from the ground is approximately 3 m. It seemed that the microhabitat characteristics of Mt. Lantoy KBA, particularly the forest over limestone in Barangay Cansuje, is favoring the survival of T. subannulatus. (Author's abstract) Environmental science. Central visayas first distribution record of north Philippine Temple Pitviper (tropidolaemus subannulatus gray, 1842) Herpetofauna of Cebu. Key biodiversity areas. Limestone forest. Mount Lantoy. Permanent plots. Buot, Jr., Inocencio E. author. Diaz, John Lou B. author. Redoblado, Bernardo A. author. Rosales, Raamah C. author. Lillo, Edgardo P. author. Alcazar, Steve Michael T. author. The Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 149, no. 3, September 2020. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 03 June 2021) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3515 Analytics