Aru cylinder snake
| Aru cylinder snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Cylindrophiidae |
| Genus: | Cylindrophis |
| Species: | C. aruensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cylindrophis aruensis Boulenger, 1920 | |
The Aru cylinder snake, Cylindrophis aruensis, is a species of snake in the Cylindrophiidae family[1] endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Description
The Aru cylinder snake is reddish brown, with white transverse spots forming two alternating series on the back and crossbars on the belly, some of which are complete, others interrupted, and the two halves alternating, with a pair of large white blotches on the nape of the neck; the lower surface of the tail is white.
It has no enlarged ventrals. The scales are in 24 rows, with six subcaudals.[3]
References
- ↑ "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ↑ Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. 1920. Description of Four new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9, vol. 6, no. 31, pp. 108-111.
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