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) Additional details (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 = 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. Named after Latin “gracilis”, meaning small or lanky, or gracile. |
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