Indian Egg-eater

Indian Egg-eater

Taxobox | name = Indian Egg-eating Snake
status = DD
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Elachistodon"
species = "E. westermanni"
binomial = "Elachistodon westermanni"
binomial_authority = (Reinhardt, 1863)

Indian Egg-eating Snake ("Elachistodon westermanni") is a rare species of egg-eating snake found in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Also called the Westermann's snake, reflecting its scientific name. The snake belongs to the monotypic genus "Elachistodon". Recent discoveries of the species from Maharashtra and Gujarat suggests that the species may be more widespread.

The snake has special adaptations with vertebral hypapophysis, a projection of the backbone, jutting into the oesophagus and helping in cracking eggs. [Gans, Carl, Oshima, Masamitsu, 1952. Adaptations for egg eating in the snake "Elaphe climacophora" (Boie). American Museum novitates ; no. 1571 [http://hdl.handle.net/2246/3997] ]

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External links

*EMBL species|genus=Elachistodon|species=westermanni
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Elachistodon.html Animal Diversity Web]


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