Calliophis melanurus

Calliophis melanurus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Calliophis
Species:	C. melanurus
Binomial name
Calliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802) [2]
Synonyms
Coluber melanurus Shaw, 1802 Vipera trimaculata Daudin, 1803 Elaps trimaculatus — Merrem, 1820 Elaps melanurus — Jerdon, 1856 Callophis [sic] trimaculatus — Günther, 1859 Callophis [sic] melanurus — M.A. Smith, 1943 Calliophis melanurus — Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001 [3] [4]

Calliophis melanurus, commonly known as the slender coral snake, is a species of elapid snake ^{[4] [2]} endemic to the Indian subcontinent. ^{[1] [4]} Two subspecies are recognized, ^{[4] [2]} including the nominotypical subspecies.

Geographic range

It is found in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. ^[4]

The subspecies Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus is found in Sri Lanka. ^[4]

References

1. de Silva, A.; Ukuwela, K.; Kannishka, S. (2021). "Calliophis melanurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T172698A1369132. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T172698A1369132.en . Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "Calliophis melanurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. 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).
4. Calliophis melanurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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 Zeylanica26:(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". Herpetologica57 (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).

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