Triangle keelback

Triangle keelback
Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

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  Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park.
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  Body close-up of X. trianguligerus, showing triangle marks.
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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)