Subspecies and Distribution. H. a. ater Templeton, 1848 - India and Sri Lanka. H. a. amboinensis Peters, 1871 — Ambon I, Moluccas. H. a. antricola Peters, 1861 — Philippines. H. a. aruensisj. E. Gray, 1858 — New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Woodlark I, and E Australia (Queensland). H. a. gilberti D. H. Johnson, 1959 - Western Australia and Northern Territory, Australia. H. a. naUamalaensis. Srinivasulu & B. Srinivasulu, 2006 - Eastern Ghats, Andhra Pradesh, India. H. a. saevus K. Andersen, 1918 - Myanmar S to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, N Borneo, Java, Lesser Sunda Is (Bali and Lombok), Sulawesi, Moluccas, and Kai Is. Range of this subspecies is tentative and needs revision. in Family Hipposideridae (Old World Leaf-nosed Bats)