Biology:Calliophis melanurus
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Short description: Species of reptile
| Calliophis melanurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Calliophis |
| Species: | C. melanurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802)[1]
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Calliophis melanurus [citation needed], commonly known as the slender coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake[1] endemic to the Indian subcontinent.[3] Two subspecies are recognized,[1] including the nominotypical subspecies.
Geographic range
It is found in India , Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.[3]
The subspecies Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus is found in Sri Lanka.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Calliophis melanurus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III., Containing the ... Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I.- XXV. (Callophis [sic] trimaculatus, p. 397).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Calliophis melanurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Callophis [sic] trimaculatus", p. 384).
- Deraniyagala, P.E.P. (1951). "Some New Races of the Snakes Eryx, Callophis [sic] and Echis ". Spolia Zeylanica 26:(2) 147-150. ("Callophis [sic] melanurus sinhaleyus ssp. nov.", p. 148).
- Slowinski, Joseph B.; Boundy, Jeff; and Lawson, R. (2001). "The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters". Herpetologica 57 (2): 233-245.
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Callophis [sic] melanurus, p. 420).
- Wall F (1921). Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Callophis [sic] trimaculatus, pp. 497–501, Figure 90).
External links
- Calliophis melanurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- https://web.archive.org/web/20091022223930/http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Calliophis_melanurus_vent.jpg
Wikidata ☰ Q2715970 entry
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