Trachischium guentheri

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Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Trachischium
Species: T. guentheri
Binomial name
Trachischium guentheri
Boulenger, 1890

Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri is a species of snake found in India (Sikkim), Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. Named after Albert Günther (1830-1914), German-born zoologist at the British Museum.

[edit] References

  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.