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Trachischium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
incertae sedis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Trachischium

Higher classification
  
Natricinae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Lower classifications
  
Trachischium tenuiceps, Trachischium monticola, Trachischium fuscum, Trachischium guentheri, Trachischium laeve

Trachischium is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as worm-eating snakes.

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Geographic range

They are found through montane regions of the countries of Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China.

Description

Head not distinct from neck; eye small, with vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril between two small nasals; prefrontals sometimes united. Body cylindrical; dorsal scales smooth, in 13 or 15 rows, without apical pits; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals divided.

Maxillary teeth 18-20, subequal; posterior mandibular teeth shorter than anterior. Hypapophyses developed throughout vertebral column.

Species

There are five species in the genus:

  • 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

    Trachischium Wikipedia
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