Spalerosophis diadema

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Diadem Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Spalerosophis
Species: S. diadema
Binomial name
Spalerosophis diadema
(Schlegel, 1837)

Diadem Snake Spalerosophis diadema is a species of snake. Distribution:

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, W Pakistan, N India,
U.S.S.R., S Turkmenistan, S Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Jordan, Syria
Western Sahara ?, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, N Sudan, Turkey, Arabia, Oman

Race atriceps: Pakistan Race cliffordi: from Morocco to Egypt Race schiraziana: Zagros Mts. and the region of Bushire in W Iran, eastwards to S Turkmenistan into Afghanistan and India; Pakistan Race diadema: Pakistan, India Type locality: Shiraz, Iran

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  • Marx, H. 1959 Review of the colubrid snake genus Spalerosophis. Fieldiana Zoology 39: 347-361.
  • Schlegel, H. 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Généralxxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptiv606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)