Trachischium

Trachischium

Taxobox
name = "Trachischium"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Trachischium"
genus_authority = Günther, 1853

"Trachischium" is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as Worm-eating Snakes. There are five species in the genus that are found through montane regions of the countries of Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China.

Species

*Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake, "Trachischium fuscum" (Blyth, 1854)
*Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake, "Trachischium guentheri" (Boulenger, 1890)
*Olive Oriental Slender Snake, "Trachischium laeve" (Peracca, 1904)
*Mountain Worm-eating Snake, "Trachischium monticola" (Cantor, 1839)
*Yellowbelly Worm-eating Snake, "Trachischium tenuiceps" (Blyth, 1854)

References

*EMBL genus|genus=Trachischium


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