Dendrelaphis nigroserratus

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species:

Dendrelaphis nigroserratus Vogel, Van Rooijen & Hauser, 2012

• Holotype: QSMI 1282, juvenile ♀, collected by Sjon Hauser on 13 October 2011.
• Type locality: “Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, Umphang district, province Tak, Thailand. Found on Highway 1090, at 5.1 km north and uphill from the bridge over the Mae Klong Khi, near the Karen village of Mae Klong Khi, c. 1100 m elevation”.
• Etymology: based on the Latin niger (black) and serrare (to saw) and refers to the conspicuous black zigzag (saw-toothed) pattern on the neck.

• Dendrelaphis striatus — Seesook, 2000
• Dendrelaphis striatus — Pauwels et al., 2000
• Dendrelaphis cyanochloris — Pauwels et al., 2003

• Vogel, G., Rooijen, J. van & Hauser, S. 2012. A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Thailand and Myanmar. Zootaxa 3392(1): 35–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3392.1.2 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Dendrelaphis nigroserratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 August 2022.
• Vogel, G. & Hauser, S. 2014. IUCN: Dendrelaphis nigroserratus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T42492191A42492231. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T42492191A42492231.en. Accessed on 26 August 2022.

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