Calliophis bivirgatus
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| Calliophis bivirgatus (Boie, 1827) |
The Blue Malaysian Coral Snake, Calliophis bivirgatus, is a venomous elapid snake found in Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. It was first identified in print by Friedrich Boie in 1827.
[edit] Description
It is mainly nocturnal, although it can be active during the day. It can grow up to a maximum length of 140 cm. It's body colors range from dark blue to indigo, with lateral blue or sometimes sky bluestripes on each side of the body. It's head through underside till tail end are orange.
[edit] Venom
The venom of Maticora bivirgata (also known as Calliophis bivirgatus) was fractionated into five fractions, S1-S5, by passing through a Sephadex G-50 column. Fraction S2 contains two phospholipases A2, PLA2 I and PLA2 II, fraction S3 contains four cytotoxin homologues, maticotoxins A, C, D1 and D2, and fractions S4 and S5 contain a large amount (about 1 mg/specimen) of adenosine accompanied with smaller amounts of inosine and guanosine. The amino-terminal amino acid sequences of PLA2, I, PLA2 II and maticotoxin A suggest that Maticora bivirgata is closely related to Bungarinae, especially to genera Hemachatus and Naja.
[edit] References
- Calliophis bivirgatus BOIE, 1827, The Reptile Database
