- Cylindrophis lineatus
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Cylindrophis lineatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Cylindrophiidae Genus: Cylindrophis Species: C. lineatus Binomial name Cylindrophis lineatus
Blanford, 1881Cylindrophis lineatus, or Blanford's pipe snake, is a species of snake in the Cylindrophiidae family.[1]
Geographic range
It is endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Description
A blackish-brown stripe, three scales wide, runs down the middle of the back from head to tail, and is bordered on each side by a narrower white stripe; below this again is a second, broad, blackish stripe of irregular width, with the lower border wavy. This stripe is separated by a narrow, wavy, white stripe from the dark crossbands of the belly, which are narrower than the alternating white crossbands. As in other species of this genus, the crossbands on opposite sides of the belly do not precisely coincide. Head and tail yellowish white, with a few blackish spots. The type specimen is 25 inches (63.5 cm) in total length, of which the tail is only ¾ inch (2 cm).[3]
Dorsal scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 215, nearly twice as large as contiguous dorsal scales; anal divided; subcaudals 9.[4]
References
- ^ "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209616. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
- ^ Blanford, W.T. 1881. On a collection of reptiles and frogs chiefly from Singapore. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1881, pp. 215-226.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. p. 137.
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