- Spalerosophis diadema
Taxobox
name = Diadem Snake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Colubridae
genus = "Spalerosophis "
species = "S. diadema"
binomial = "Spalerosophis diadema"
binomial_authority = (Schlegel, 1837)Diadem Snake "Spalerosophis diadema" is a
species ofsnake .Distribution
Iraq ,Iran ,Afghanistan , WesternPakistan , NorthernIndia ,U.S.S.R ., SouthTurkmenistan , SouthKazakhstan ,Tajikistan ,Uzbekistan ,Kyrgyzstan ,Morocco ,Algeria ,Tunisia ,Libya ,Egypt ,Sinai ,Israel ,Jordan ,Syria WesternSahara ,Mauritania ,Mali ,Niger , NorthernSudan ,Turkey ,Arabia ,Oman * Race "atriceps": Pakistan
* Race "cliffordi": from Morocco to Egypt
* Race "schiraziana": Zagros Mts. and the region of Bushire in W Iran, eastwards to S Turkmenistan into Afghanistan and India; Pakistan
* Race "diadema": Pakistan, IndiaType locality: Shiraz, Iran
External links
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Spalerosophis_diadema.jpg
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Spalerosophis_d_atriceps.jpg
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/library/original/Fischer1885-82.pdfReferences
* Marx, H. 1959 Review of the colubrid snake genus Spalerosophis. Fieldiana Zoology 39: 347-361.
* Schlegel, H. 1837 Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Généralxxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptiv606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)
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