Liopeltis stoliczkae
| Liopeltis stoliczkae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Liopeltis |
| Species: | L. stoliczkae |
| Binomial name | |
| Liopeltis stoliczkae (Sclater, 1891) | |
Liopeltis stoliczkae is a species of snake found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
Description
The following description is from The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma by Malcolm Smith:
Maxillary teeth 27 or 28; head distinct from neck and depressed; snout projecting and twice as long as the eye; nostril is very small, in an elongated undivided nasal scale; loreal squarish and sometimes united with the posterior nasal; eight supralabials, 4th and 5th touching the eye; genials subequal. Scales in 15:15:13 rows. Ventrals 148-154; caudals 116-134, anals 2.
Greyish above and lighter below with a broad black stripe on the side of the head, extending and gradually fading, on the fore part of the body; a grey stripe on the outer margins of the ventrals and a less distinct and thinner median one present or absent.
Total length males 600mm and tail 225 while females are 545mm long with tail of 205 mm.
Found in India {Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam (Naga Hills)} and Myanmar (Karen Hills).
References
- Smith, M. A. 1941. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. p. 184
- Sclater,W.L. 1891 Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250
- Wall,F. 1924 A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 3. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 864-878