Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus

Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Ahaetuliinae
Genus:	Dendrelaphis
Species:	D. caudolineolatus
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus (Günther, 1869)
Synonyms
Dendrophis caudolineolatusGünther, 1869 Dendrophis gregoriiHaly, 1888

Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus, commonly known as Gunther's bronzeback tree snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. ^[2]

It was described and named, as Dendrophis caudolineolata, by Albert Günther of the British Museum in 1869. ^[3]

Geographic range

The snake is found in Sri Lanka, ^[2] where the type specimen, now in the Natural History Museum, London, was collected by Richard Hawksworth Barnes. ^[3]

References

1. Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Ganesh, S.R. (2021). "Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T172669A1363628. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
2. Species Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus at The Reptile Database
3. Albert Günther (21 August 2009). "Report on two Collections of Indian Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 37 (1): 500–507. doi:10.1111/J.1469-7998.1869.TB07359.X. ISSN   0370-2774. Wikidata   Q99641048. (Dendrophis caudolineolata, new species, p. 506 + Plate XL, figure 1).