Calliophis gracilis GRAY, 1834
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Calliophis gracilis
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Gray Coral Snake, Spotted Coral Snake G: Gefleckte korallenotter |
| Synonym | Calliophis gracilis GRAY in GRAY & HARDWICKE 1834: 86 Callophis gracilis — GÜNTHER 1864 Elaps nigromaculatus CANTOR 1839 (fide BOULENGER 1896) Callophis gracilis — BOULENGER 1896: 396 Callophis gracilis — TWEEDIE 1950 Calliophis gracilis — TAYLOR 1965: 969 Calliophis gracilis — WELCH 1994: 39 Calliophis gracilis — SLOWINSKI, BOUNDY & LAWSON 2001 Calliophis gracilis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 145 |
| Distribution | S Thailand, W Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Aceh, Johor, Pulau Pinang, Selangor), Singapore Type locality: “Penang” [= Penang Is., Pinang State, NW Malay Peninsula, 5°22’N, 100°14’E] via lectotype designation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.16.17 (T. Hardwicke, 1756 –1823). M.A. Smith (1943: 530) designated pl. 120 in T. Hardwicke’s collection a lectotype fide Wallach et al. 2014: 145. Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.19.17 (94.6.25.13), according to BMNH catalogue this is the type of [nigromaculatus] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A very slender gray snake with a narrow median black line and four lateral black lines. A pair of large nuchal spots followed by a paired series of 25, rounded dorsolateral spots on body, each covering four or five scales; at intervals between pairs a single series of smaller spots interrupts the median black line; tail with two wider complete bands; tail ending bluntly in a large rounded black scale. Venter barred with 50 deep black spots separated by somewhat larger ivory-white bars; under tail the ivory-white spaces are wider; laterally on tail only two black stripes. (Taylor 1965: 969) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3430 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! Type species: Calliophis gracilis is the type species of the genus Calliophis GRAY 1834. Note that other authors, e.g. Leviton et al. 2014: 493, consider Calliophis intestinalis as type species of the genus. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “gracilis” = narrow, small, gracile. The genus is named after Greek kallos = beauty, ornament, and Greek ophis, (ὄφις), a serpent, snake, for the beautiful coloration of many species in this genus (although the type species is particularly colorful, it does have a nice pattern). Calliophis is masculine. |
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