Biology:Xylophis mosaicus
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Short description: Species of snake
| Xylophis mosaicus | |
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| From Munnar, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylophiinae |
| Genus: | Xylophis |
| Species: | X. mosaicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020[1]
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Xylophis mosaicus, the Anamalai wood snake, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India .[2]
Geographic range
X. mosaicus is found in the Anamalai region of the Western Ghats in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K.P.; Easa, P.S.; Sreejith, K.A.; Gower, David J. (24 March 2020). "Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa 4755 (2): 231–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2. https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4755.2.2.
- ↑ Xylophis mosaicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q88459694 entry
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