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Calliophis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Calliophis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Elapidae

Higher classification
  
Elapidae

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Lower classifications
  
Calliophis bivirgata, Calliophis melanurus, Calliophis bibroni, Calliophis nigrescens, Beddome's coral snake

Calliophis is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, one of several known commonly as oriental coral snakes or Asian coral snakes.

Contents

Calliophis intestinalis coral snake


Species

Species in this genus are:

Calliophis CalPhotos

  • Calliophis beddomei (M.A. Smith, 1943) – Beddome's coral snake (India)
  • Calliophis bibroni (Jan, 1858) – Bibron's coral snake (India)
  • Calliophis bivirgatus (F. Boie, 1827) – blue Malaysian coral snake (Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
  • Calliophis castoe E.N. Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri, 2012 – Castoe’s coral snake (India)
  • Calliophis gracilis Gray, 1835 – spotted coral snake (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore)
  • Calliophis haematoetron E.N. Smith, Manamendra-Arachchi & Somweera, 2008 – blood-bellied coral snake (Sri Lanka)
  • Calliophis intestinalis (Laurenti, 1768) – banded Malaysian coral snake (Indonesia, Malaysia)
  • Calliophis maculiceps (Günther, 1858) – speckled coral snake (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)
  • Calliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802) – Indian coral snake (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
  • Calliophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) – black coral snake (India)

    • Calliophis Calliophis haematoetron The Reptile Database

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.

    Taxonomy

    The former Calliophis calligaster, the barred coral snake (Philippines), is now in the genus Hemibungarus.

    Calliophis Calliophis bibroni The Reptile Database

    Both Kellogg's coral snake (formerly C. kelloggi ) (Vietnam, Laos, China) and MacClelland's coral snake (formerly C. macclellandi ) are now in the genus Sinomicrurus.

    Behaviour

    Snakes of the genus Calliophis are semifossorial.

    Calliophis Calliophis bivirgata Wikipedia

    References

    Calliophis Wikipedia
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