Cylindrophis ruffus

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Cylindrophis ruffus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Cylindrophiidae
Genus: Cylindrophis
Species: C. ruffus
Binomial name
Cylindrophis ruffus
(Laurenti, 1768)
Synonyms
  • Anguis ruffa - Laurenti, 1768
  • [Anguis] rufus - Gmelin, 1788
  • [Anguis] striatus - Gmelin, 1788
  • Eryx rufus - Daudin, 1803
  • [Tortrix] rufa - Merrem, 1820
  • [Scytale] Schuechzeri - Merrem, 1820
  • A[guis]. (E[lysia].) rufus - Hemprich, 1820
  • Ilysia rufa - Lichtenstein, 1823
  • Cylindrophis resplendens - Wagler, 1828
  • [Tortrix] rufus - Gray, 1831
  • Cylindrophis rufa - Gray, 1842
  • Cylindrophis rufus - Cantor, 1847
  • Anguis rubra - Gray, 1849
  • Anguis rufa Var. Javanica - Gray, 1849
  • Cylindrophis rufus - Boulenger, 1893
  • Cylindrophis rufus rufus - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Cylindrophis rufus burmanus - M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Cylindrophis rufus - Campden-Main, 1970[1]
Common names: red-tailed pipe snake.[2]

Cylindrophis ruffus is a snake species found in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

[edit] Geographic range

Found in 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. The type locality given is "Surinami" (possibly a mistake).[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Species Cylindrophis ruffus at The Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
  3. ^ (TSN ). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 17 August 2007.
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