Triangle keelback
Triangle keelback | |
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Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Xenochrophis |
Species: | X. trianguligerus |
Binomial name | |
Xenochrophis trianguligerus (Boie, 1827) | |
The triangle keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus) is a species of snake found in Brunei Darussalam, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India (Nicobar Islands; Arunachal Pradesh (Deban - Changlang district)), Indonesia (Nias, Mentawai, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Bangka, Billiton, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi=Celebes, Sangihe Archipelago, Ternate), Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The type locality is Java.
- Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park.
- Body close-up of X. trianguligerus, showing triangle marks.
- Xenochrophis trianguligerus from East Borneo
References
- Friedrich Boie 1827 Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508-566.
- Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
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