Xylophis mosaicus

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Xylophis mosaicus
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From Munnar, Kerala, India
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Subfamily: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species:
X. mosaicus
Binomial name
Xylophis mosaicus
Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020 [1]

Xylophis mosaicus, the Anamalai wood snake, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. The species is non-venomous and is endemic to the Western Ghats of India. [2]

Geographic range

X. mosaicus is found in the Anamalai region of the Western Ghats in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K.P.; Easa, P.S.; Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, David J. (24 March 2020). "Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India" . Zootaxa. 4755 (2): 231–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2. PMID   32230180. S2CID   214749359.
  2. Xylophis mosaicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 12 May 2020.