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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesCalliophis melanurus sinhaleyus DERANIYAGALA 1951
Calliophis melanurus melanurus (SHAW 1802) 
Common NamesE: Indian Coral Snake, Slender Coral Snake
G: Schlanke Korallenschlange 
SynonymColuber melanurus SHAW 1802: 552
Vipera trimaculata DAUDIN 1803 (fide SMITH 1943)
Callophis trimaculatus — GÜNTHER 1859: 83 (fide SMITH 1943)
Calliophis trimaculatus BOULENGER 1896
Callophis trimaculatus — WALL 1906: 307
Callophis trimaculatus — D’ABREU 1913
Callophis melanurus — SMITH 1943: 420
Callophis melanurus — SHARMA 1971: 89
Calliophis melanurus — WELCH 1994: 41
Hemibungarus melanurus — SCHLEICH & KÄSTLE 2000: 20
Calliophis melanurus — SLOWINSKI, BOUNDY & LAWSON 2001
Calliophis melanurus — SMITH et al. 2012
Calliophis melanurus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 146

Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus DERANIYAGALA 1951
Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus DERANIYAGALA 1951: 148
Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus — GOLAY et al. 1993: 124 
DistributionIndia (Gujarat, Maharashtra [A. Captain, pers. Comm.], Kerala, Eastern Ghats, Telangana),
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

melanurus: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal [?]); Type locality: Bengal, Nerva.

sinhaleyus: Sri Lanka  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.86 (58.11.26.7) (P. Russell, June 1788), fide Wallach et al. 2014: 146. According to the BMNH catalogue this is the type of V. trimaculata.
Holotype: NMSL (Colombo Museum) [sinhaleyus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Subspecies: Calliophis melanurus nigrescens is now considered as a valid species.

Distribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012). 
References
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