Beddome's coral snake
| Beddome's coral snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Calliophis |
| Species: | C. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Calliophis beddomei (M.A. Smith, 1943)[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
Beddome's coral snake (Calliophis beddomei) is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to hills of peninsular India.[2]
Etymology
It is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), British army officer and naturalist.[3]
Geographic range
It is found in semi-evergreen and tropical dry deciduous hills in the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats of India. Being first described from the Shevaroy Hills or Yercaud, this species was later known from other parts of the Western Ghats. It is only known from three localities, Koppa, Nilgiri Mountains and Shevaroy.
Threats and conservation
The snake is not considered to be used for commercial use and is not known from any protected areas. However, it is listed in Schedule IV of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
References
- ↑ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Deepak, V. & Das, A. (2013). "Calliophis beddomei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 Calliophis beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 January 2014.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calliophis beddomei, p. 21).
Further reading
- Slowinski, Joseph B.; Boundy, Jeff; Lawson, R. 2001. The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters. Herpetologica 57 (2): 233-245.
- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxii + 581 pp. ("Callophis [sic] beddomei, sp. nov.", p. 423).
- Ganesh, S.R. & Eric Ramanujam 2014. Rediscovery of Beddome’s Coralsnake Calliophis beddomei Smith, 1943 from the type locality. Journal of Threatened Taxa 6 (3): 5580–5582.
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