Calliophis maculiceps (GÜNTHER, 1858)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis (SAUVAGE 1877) Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps (GÜNTHER 1858) Calliophis maculiceps smithi KLEMMER 1963
Common Names	E: Speckled Coral Snake, Small-spotted Coral Snake G: Gesprenkelte Korallenotter
Synonym	Elaps maculiceps GÜNTHER 1858: 232 Elaps melanurus CANTOR 1847 (not SHAW; fide SMITH 1943) Callophis maculiceps — BOULENGER 1896: 397 Callophis maculiceps — WALL 1908: 39 Callophis hughi COCHRAN 1927 Calliophis maculiceps punctulatus BOURRET 1934 Calliophis maculiceps hughi — BOURRET 1936 Callophis hughi — SMITH 1943 Callophis maculiceps — SMITH 1943: 420 Calliophis maculiceps punctulatus — DEUVE 1961: 29 Calliophis maculiceps michaelis DEUVE 1961: 28 Calliophis maculiceps hughi — DEUVE 1961: 29 Callophis hughi — TAYLOR 1965 Maticora maculiceps GOLAY et al. 1993 Maticora maculiceps hughi — WELCH 1994: 75 Maticora maculiceps michaelis — WELCH 1994: 75 Calliophis maculiceps — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 420 Calliophis maculiceps — COX et al. 1998: 32 Calliophis maculiceps hughi — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Calliophis maculiceps michaelis — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Calliophis maculiceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 145 Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis (SAUVAGE 1877) Elaps atrofrontalis SAUVAGE 1877 Maticora maculiceps atrofrontalis — GOLAY 1993: 153 Maticora maculiceps atrofrontalis — ORLOV et al. 2003 Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps (GÜNTHER 1858) Elaps maculiceps GÜNTHER 1858 Maticora maculiceps maculiceps — GOLAY 1993: 153 Maticora maculiceps maculiceps — WELCH 1994: 75 Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Calliophis maculiceps smithi KLEMMER 1963 Calliophis maculiceps var. univirgatus M. SMITH 1915 (non Elaps univirgatus GÜNTHER 1858) Calliophis maculiceps univirgatus — DEUVE 1961: 29 Calliophis maculiceps smithi KLEMMER 1963 (nom. nov.) Maticora maculiceps smithi — GOLAY 1993: 154 Calliophis maculiceps smithi — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Distribution	S Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, NW Malaysia, S Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos maculiceps: S Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, N Western Malaysia; Type locality: “East Indies” (GÜNTHER 1858) atrofrontalis: S Vietnam, Cambodia; Type locality: Cochin-China (= Southern Vietnam) hughi: Thailand (Koh Tao Island); Type locality: Koh Tao Islands, Gulf of Siam, Thailand. michaelis: Laos; Type locality: Mekong, Laos. univirgatus (invalid): Thailand
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 58.4.20.6, female (designated by Boulenger 1896); other specimens: FMNH, MCZ Types: “Musée de Lille” fide V. Wallach, pers. comm., May 2019 [atrofrontalis] Holotype: USNM 72307 [hughi] Holotype: MNHN-RA [michaelis] Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.81 (1937.2.1.23). The holotype of C. m. univirgatus Smith, is also the type of C. m. smithi Klemmer 1963 nom. nov.) [smithi]
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Comment	Venomous! Synonymy: Golay 1993 listed Callophis hughi COCHRAN 1927 as a synonym of Maticora maculiceps maculiceps. Cox 2000 synonymized hughi and michaelis with maculiceps and concluded that “none of the subspecies are valid” (without being explicit on the others). Distribution of subspecies after WELCH 1994.
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