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Liopeltis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Colubridae

Higher classification
  
Colubridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Colubrinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Snake, Colubridae, Reptile, Dryocalamus, Leptodrymus

Amazing snake liopeltis tricolor in indonesia part ii


Liopeltis is a genus of colubrid snakes. With species known from India and Southeast Asia.

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Amazing snake liopeltis tricolor in indonesia


Species

  • L. tricolor is the most widely distributed species in the genus, being found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • L. frenatus
  • L. stoliczkae
  • L. rappi
  • L. philippinus is, as the name suggests, a native of the Philippines
  • L. calamaria
  • L. herminae, formerly Opeodrys herminae was assigned to this genus in 1981 by Cundall.

    • Species removed from the genus

    Gongylosoma nicobariensis, formerly assigned to this genus as L. nicobariensis, is now more widely considered part of the genus Gongylosoma.

    Geographic range

    India and Southeast Asia

    References

    Liopeltis Wikipedia
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