Cylindrophiidae

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Cylindrophiidae
Red-tailed pipe snake, C. ruffus
Red-tailed pipe snake, C. ruffus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Henophidia
Family: Cylindrophiidae
Fitzinger, 1843
Genus: Cylindrophis
Wagler, 1828
Synonyms
  • Cylindrophes - Fitzinger, 1843
  • Tortricidae - Jan, 1863
  • Aniliidae - Stejneger, 1907
  • Cylindrophinae - McDowell, 1975
  • Cylindropheinae - McDowell, 1975
  • Cylindrophiidae - Cundall, Wallach & Rossman, 1993[1]
  • Cylindrophis - Wagler, 1828[1]
Common names: Asian pipe snakes.[2]

The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family[2] containing the genus Cylindrophis found in Asia. These are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies. Currently, 8 species are recognized and no subspecies.[3]

[edit] Geographic range

Found from Sri Lanka east through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Malay Archipelago to as far east as Aru Islands off the southwestern coast of New Guinea. Also found in southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island) and in Laos.[1]

[edit] Species

Species[3] Authority[3] Common name[4] Geographic range[1]
C. aruensis Boulenger, 1920 Aru cylinder snake Indonesia: The Aru Islands.
C. boulengeri Roux, 1911 Boulenger's pipe snake Indonesia: Baber, Timor and the Wetar Islands.
C. isolepis Boulenger, 1896 Jampea Island pipe snake Indonesia: Jampea Island.
C. lineatus Blanford, 1881 Blanford's pipe snake Indonesia: Borneo and Sarawak.
C. maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Ceylonese cylinder snake Sri Lanka.
C. melanotus Wagler, 1828 Black pipe snake Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes), the Tabukan Islands, the Sangihe Islands, the Sula Islands, Halmahera and Batjan.
C. opisthorhodus Boulenger, 1897 Island pipe snake Indonesia: Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores.
C. ruffusT (Laurenti, 1768) Red-tailed pipe snake Myanmar and southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island), south into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Indonesia (the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Buton and the Sula Islands.

T) Type species.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b Cylindrophiidae (TSN 563896). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 17 August 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Cylindrophis (TSN 209616). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 17 August 2007.
  4. ^ Cylindrophis at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
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