Trachischium

Trachischium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Trachischium
Günther, 1853

Trachischium is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as worm-eating snakes.

Geographic range

They are found through montane regions of the countries of Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and China.

Description

Head not distinct from neck; eye small, with vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril between two small nasals; prefrontals sometimes united. Body cylindrical; dorsal scales smooth, in 13 or 15 rows, without apical pits; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals divided.

Maxillary teeth 18-20, subequal; posterior mandibular teeth shorter than anterior. Hypapophyses developed throughout vertebral column.[1]

Species

There are five species in the genus:

References

  1. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), VolumeI. London. p. 297.


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