Telescopus tessellatus

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Telescopus tessellatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Telescopus
Species:
T. tessellatus
Binomial name
Telescopus tessellatus
(Wall, 1908)
Synonyms [2]
  • Tarbophis tessellatusWall, 1908 [3]
  • Tarbophis martiniSchmidt, 1939
  • Tarbophis fallax iberusCorkill, 1932
  • Tarbophis iberusBoulenger, 1920

Telescopus tessellatus, commonly known as the Soosan tiger snake [2] or the Soosan viper, [1] is a snake in the Colubridae family. [2] It is found in western Iran and eastern Iraq. [1] [2] It occurs in rocky places, scrubland, montane areas, and rocky steppe. It is currently listed as of "least concern" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Göran Nilson (2009). "Telescopus tessellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164603A5911524. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164603A5911524.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Telescopus tessellatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Wall, F. (1908). "Notes on a collection of snakes from Persia". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (4): 795–805.


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