Beddome's Coral Snake
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| Beddome's coral snake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Calliophis |
| Species: | C. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliophis beddomei Smith, 1943[1] |
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Beddome's coral snake (Calliophis beddomei) is a species of venomous elapid snake. It is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), British army officer and naturalist.
[edit] Geographic range
It is found in the Western Ghats of India.
[edit] References
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Slowinski, Joseph B., Boundy, Jeff & Lawson,R. 2001. The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters. Herpetologica 57 (2): 233-245.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
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