- Calliophis melanurus
Taxobox | name = Indian Coral Snake
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Reptilia
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Serpentes
familia =Elapidae
genus = "Calliophis "
species = "C. melanurus"
binomial = "Calliophis melanurus"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1802)Indian Coral Snake "Calliophis melanurus" is a species of snake found in India (Maharashtra), Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.Race "sinhaleyus" is found in Sri Lanka.
References
* Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
* Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1951 Spolia Zeylanica, 26: 147
* Slowinski, Joseph B.; Boundy, Jeff & Lawson,R. 2001 The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (ElapidaCalliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters. Herpetologica 57 (2): 233-245External links
*NRDB species|genus=Calliophis |species=melanurus
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Calliophis_melanurus.jpg
* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Calliophis_melanurus_vent.jpg
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