Plagiopholis nuchalis

Assam mountain snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Plagiopholis
Species:	P. nuchalis
Binomial name
Plagiopholis nuchalis (Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms
Trirhinopholis nuchalis Boulenger 1893 Oligodon evansi Wall 1913 (fide M.A. Smith 1943) Trirhinopholis nuchalis Wall 1921 (fide M.A. Smith 1943) Plagiopholis nuchalis M.A. Smith 1940: 484 Plagiopholis nuchalis M.A. Smith 1943: 326 Oligodon kunmingensis Kou & Ww 1993 Plagiopholis nuchalis Cox et al. 1998: 48 Plagiopholis nuchalis Tillack et al. 2006

Plagiopholis nuchalis, commonly known as the Assam mountain snake, is a species of colubrid snake.^[2][3] It is found in Yunnan (China), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, possibly also in Assam region of India and in Vietnam. Specimens from Yunnan have been described as the subspecies Plagiopholis nuchalis kunmingensis.^[4]

External links

• Flickr photo by Michael Cota
• Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp.

References

1. Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T.; Richman, N. & Bohm, M. (2011-09-01). "Plagiopholis nuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
2. "Plagiopholis nuchalis". uBIO. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
3. "Plagiopholis nuchalis". Retrieved 29 April 2014.
4. "Plagiopholis nuchalis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.