Captain's wood snake
| Captain's wood snake | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Xylophis |
| Species: | X. captaini |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylophis captaini Gower & Winkler, 2007[2] | |
Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini ) is a species of snake described in 2007, which is endemic to India.[3]
Geographic range
The holotype is from Kannam, Kottayam district, in the state of Kerala and was found in 2000. The snake has been recorded at low altitudes on the western side of the southern part of the Western Ghats, south of the Palakkad Gap.[2]
Etymology
Both the specific name, captaini, and the common name, Captain's wood snake, are in honor of Indian herpetologist Ashok Captain for his work on Indian snakes.[2][4]
Sources
- ↑ Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Deepak V, Thakur, S. (2013). "Xylophis captaini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gower DJ, Winkler JD. (2007). "Taxonomy of the Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species". Hamadryad 31 (2): 315–329.
- ↑ Xylophis captaini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xylophis captaini, p. 47).