Sibynophis sagittarius

Sibynophis sagittarius
Specimen from Uttarakhand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Sibynophis
Species:
S. sagittarius
Binomial name
Sibynophis sagittarius
(Cantor, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Calamaria sagittaria
    Cantor, 1839
  • Ablabes sagittarius
    – Günther, 1864
  • Polyodontophis sagittarius
    – Boulenger, 1890
  • Sibynophis sagittarius
    – M.A. Smith, 1943
  • Sibynophis sagittaria [sic]
    – Das, 1996[2][3]

Sibynophis sagittarius, commonly known as Cantor's black-headed snake after Theodore Cantor,[4][5] is a species of snake endemic to South Asia.[3]

  1. ^ Mohapatra, P.; Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Thakur, S. & Wangyal, J. (2021). "Sibynophis sagittarius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T194836A2364984. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ Boulenger, 1893, p. 187.
  3. ^ a b Sibynophis sagittarius at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ Das, Indraneil. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5 (Sibynophis sagittaria [sic], p. 45.)