Calliophis melanurus

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Indian Coral Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Calliophis
Species: C. melanurus
Binomial name
Calliophis melanurus
(Shaw, 1802)

Indian Coral Snake Calliophis melanurus is a species of snake found in India (Maharashtra), Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Race sinhaleyus is found in Sri Lanka.

[edit] References

  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1951 Spolia Zeylanica, 26: 147
  • Slowinski, Joseph B.; Boundy, Jeff & Lawson,R. 2001 The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (ElapidaCalliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters. Herpetologica 57 (2): 233-245

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