Plagiopholis nuchalis

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Assam mountain snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Plagiopholis
Species:
P. nuchalis
Binomial name
Plagiopholis nuchalis
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms [2]
  • Trirhinopholis nuchalis
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Oligodon evansi
    Wall, 1913 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Trirhinopholis nuchalis
    — Wall, 1921 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    — M.A. Smith, 1940
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Plagiopholis nuchalis, commonly known as the Assam mountain snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Asia.

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Geographic range

P. nuchalis is found in China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. It may possibly also be found in India (Assam) and Vietnam. [2]

Description

A small snake, P. nuchalis may attain a total length of 45 cm (18 in), which includes a tail 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long. Dorsally it is blackish brown, with many of the dorsal scales edged with black. On the neck there is a broad black chevron, pointing forward, to which the specific name, nuchalis, refers. Ventrally it is yellowish, marked with black. [5]

Reproduction

P. nuchalis is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T.; Richman, N.; Bohm, M. (2012). "Plagiopholis nuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T177441A1486583. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177441A1486583.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". uBIO. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. "Plagiopholis nuchalis " . Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. Smith MA (1943).

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