Calliophis beddomei SMITH, 1943
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Beddome’s coral snake |
Synonym | Callophis beddomei SMITH 1943: 423 Maticora beddomei — WELCH 1994: 73 Calliophis beddomei — DAS 1996: 60 Calliophis beddomei — SLOWINSKI, BOUNDY & LAWSON 2001 Calliophis beddomei — SMITH et al. 2012 Calliophis beddomei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 144 |
Distribution | S India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
Type locality: Salem: Shevaroys, 4000 ft elevation.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.99, 74.4.29.49, ZSI 13559 (paratype) |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (603 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Venomous! |
Etymology | Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830–1911, British army officer and botanist. |
References |
- Aengals, R.; V.M. Sathish Kumar & Muhamed Jafer Palot 2013. Updated Checklist of Indian Reptiles. Privately published, 24 pp.
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Blackburn, D.G. 1993. STANDARDIZED CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN SQUAMATE REPTILES. Herpetologica 49 (1): 118-132 - get paper here
- Ganesh, S. R.; M. Arumugam 2016. Species Richness of Montane Herpetofauna of Southern Eastern Ghats, India: A Historical Resume and a Descriptive Checklist. Russ. J. Herpetol. 23 (1): 7-24 - get paper here
- Ganesh, S.R. & Eric Ramanujam 2014. Rediscovery of Beddome’s Coralsnake Calliophis beddomei Smith, 1943 from the type locality. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (3): 5580–5582 - get paper here
- Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - get paper here
- Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
- 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 - get paper here
- Smith, E.N.; KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI & RUCHIRA SOMAWEERA 2008. A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1847: 19–33 - get paper here
- 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.
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
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