Calliophis melanurus

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Calliophis melanurus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Calliophis
Species:
C. melanurus
Binomial name
Calliophis melanurus
(Shaw, 1802) [1]
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 [2] [3]

Calliophis melanurus, [4] 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.

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Geographic range

It is found in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. [3]

The subspecies Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus is found in Sri Lanka. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Calliophis melanurus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. 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. 1 2 3 4 "Calliophis melanurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/PRCH

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