Cylindrophis ruffus
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The red-tailed pipe snake, red cylinder snake,[3] or common pipe snake,[1] Cylindrophis ruffus is a snake species found in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description
Adults can grow to 39 in (1 m) in length.[4]
The dorsal scales are smooth, in 19 or 21 rows, with 186-245 ventrals, which are not quite twice as large as the contiguous dorsal scales; the anal plate is divided, and five to 10 subcaudals.[5]
Geographic range
It is found in Myanmar and southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island), south into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Indonesia (the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Buton and the Sula Islands. The type locality given is "Surinami" (possibly a mistake).[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN2014.2
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Species Cylindrophis ruffus at The Reptile Database. Accessed 27 October 2014.
- ^ Burnie D, Wilson DE. 2001. Animal. Dorling Kindersley. 624 pp. ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London. pp. 135-136.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cylindrophiidae
- Snakes of Southeast Asia
- Reptiles of Brunei
- Reptiles of Myanmar
- Reptiles of Cambodia
- Reptiles of China
- Fauna of Hong Kong
- Reptiles of Indonesia
- Reptiles of Laos
- Reptiles of Malaysia
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- Reptiles of Thailand
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