Calliophis bilineatus (PETERS, 1881)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Two-stripped Coral Snake
Synonym	Callophis bilineatus PETERS 1881 Adeniophis bilineatus — BOULENGER 1894: 83 (?) Doliophis bilineatus — BOULENGER 1896: 404 Maticora intestinalis bilineata — WELCH 1994: 75 Calliophis intestinalis bilineata — NGUYEN et al. 2009 Calliophis bilineata — LEVITON et la. 2014 Calliophis bilineatus — BROWN et al. 2018 Calliophis bilineata — WEINELL et al. 2019 Maticora bilineata — WALLACH 2025
Distribution	Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands) Type locality: Palawan, Philippines
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: ZMB
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (515 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after the two prominent lines on the back of this species.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum, Vol. 3. London (Taylor & Francis), xiv + 727 pp. - get paper here Boulenger,G.A. 1894. On the herpetological fauna of Palawan and Balabac. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 14: 81-90 - get paper here Brown, Rafe M.; Utpal Smart, Alan E. Leviton, and Eric N. Smith 2018. A New Species of Long-glanded Coralsnake of the Genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from Dinagat Island, with Notes on the Biogeography and Species Diversity of Philippine Calliophis and Hemibungarus. Herpetologica In-Press - get paper here Leviton, A.E., R.M. Brown, and C.D. Siler. 2014. The dangerously venomous snakes of the Philippine Archipelago. in The Coral Triangle: The 2011 Hearst Biodiversity Philippine Expedition (G.C. Williams and T.M. Gosliner, eds.). California Academy of Sciences, USA, Pp 473–530 Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1881. Die Verschiedenheit von Syngnathus (Belonichthys) zambiezensis Ptrs. und S. (B.) mento Bleeker und über eine neue Art der Schlangengattung Callophis von den Philippinen. Sitzungsber. Ges. naturf. Freunde Berlin 1881 (7): 107-109 - get paper here Supsup CE, Asis AA, Carestia Jr UV, Diesmos AC, Mallari NAD, Brown RM 2020. Variation in species richness, composition and herpetological community structure across a tropical habitat gradient of Palawan Island, Philippines. Herpetozoa 33: 95-111 - get paper here Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here Welch, K. R. G. 1994. Snakes of the World. A Checklist. I. Venomous snakes. KCM Books, Somerset, England.
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information https://palawanwildfrontier.blogspot.com/2020/02/two-lined-coral-snake.html Google images

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