Gonyosoma cantoris

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Gonyosoma cantoris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Gonyosoma
Species: G. cantoris
Binomial name
Gonyosoma cantoris
(Boulenger, 1894)

Gonyosoma cantoris is a species of snake found in the Himalayas in India (Sikkim, Assam) and Nepal as well as the Khasi and Garo Hills in Myanmar.


[edit] References

  • Boulenger, George A. 1894 Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
  • Helfenberger, Notker, Karen B. Shah, Nicolai L. Orlov and Gaston-Denis Guex. 2000 Eine seltene Natter aus Nepal, Elaphe cantoris Boulenger, 1894) (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Sauria 22 (2):3-10
  • Wallach, V. 1997 A monograph of the colubrid snakes of the genus Elaphe Fitzinger (book review). Herpetological Review 28 (2):110