Calliophis

Calliophis
Calliophis nigrescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Elapinae
Genus: Calliophis
Gray, 1834[1]
Synonyms

Calliophis is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, one of several known commonly as oriental coral snakes or Asian coral snakes.

Species

Species in this genus are:[3]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.

Taxonomy

The former Calliophis calligaster, the barred coral snake (Philippines), is now in the genus Hemibungarus.

Both Kellogg's coral snake (formerly C. kelloggi ) (Vietnam, Laos, China) and MacClelland's coral snake (formerly C. macclellandi ) are now in the genus Sinomicrurus.

Behaviour

Snakes of the genus Calliophis are semifossorial.[4]

References

  1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Günther A. 1859. On the Genus Elaps of Wagler. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 79-89.
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Callophis [sic], p. 331).

Further reading


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