Calliophis maculiceps

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Calliophis maculiceps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Calliophis
Species:
C. maculiceps
Binomial name
Calliophis maculiceps
(Günther, 1858) [2]
Synonyms
  • Elaps maculiceps
    Günther, 1858: 232
  • Elaps melanurus Cantor, 1847 (not Shaw; fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Calliophis maculiceps punctulatus Bourret, 1934
  • Callophis [sic] maculiceps
    M.A. Smith, 1943: 420
  • Maticora maculiceps
    Golay et al., 1993
  • Calliophis maculiceps
    Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 420
  • Calliophis maculiceps
    Cox et al., 1998: 32

______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis(Sauvage, 1877)

Contents

  • Elaps atrofrontalisSauvage, 1877
  • Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis Sang et al., 2009

______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps hughi(Cochran, 1927)

  • Callophis hughiCochran, 1927
  • Callophis hughi M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Callophis hughi Taylor, 1965
  • Maticora maculiceps hughi
    Welch, 1994: 75
  • Calliophis maculiceps hughi
    Sang et al., 2009

_______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps(Günther, 1858)

  • Elaps maculicepsGünther, 1858
  • Maticora maculiceps maculiceps
    Welch, 1994: 75
  • Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps Sang et al., 2009

_______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps michaelisDeuve 1961

  • Calliophis maculiceps michaelisDeuve, 1961
  • Maticora maculiceps michaelis
    Welch, 1994: 75
  • Calliophis maculiceps michaelis
    Sang et al., 2009

_______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps smithiKlemmer, 1963

  • Callophis maculiceps var. univirgatusM.A. Smith, 1915
    (nomen oblitum)
  • Calliophis maculiceps smithiKlemmer, 1963(nomen novum)
  • Calliophis maculiceps smithi
    Sang et al., 2009 [2]

Calliophis maculiceps, [3] [4] commonly known as the speckled coral snake or the small-spotted coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Southeast Asia. [2] Five subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

Geographic range

C. maculiceps is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. [2] [5] [6]

Subspecies

The following five subspecies are considered valid: [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.

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References

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