Calliophis nigrescens

Calliophis nigrescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Calliophis
Species:
C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Calliophis nigrescens
(Günther, 1862)[2]
Synonyms
  • Callophis [sic] nigrescens
    Günther, 1862
  • Callophis concinnus Beddome, 1863
  • Callophis pentalineatus
    Beddome, 1871
  • Hemibungarus nigrescens
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Maticora nigriscens
    — Golay et al., 1993
  • Calliophis nigriscens
    — Slowinski et al., 2001[3]

Calliophis nigriscens, commonly known as the black coral snake or striped coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to the Western Ghats, India.[3]

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2013). "Calliophis nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172695A1368422. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172695A1368422.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Hemibungarus nigriscens, pp. 394–395).
  3. ^ a b Calliophis nigriscens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 March 2014.