Cylindrophis opisthorhodus

Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Cylindrophiidae
Genus: Cylindrophis
Species: C. opisthorhodus
Binomial name
Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
Boulenger, 1897

Cylindrophis opisthorhodus, or the island pipe snake, is a species of snake in the Cylindrophiidae family.[1]

Geographic range

It is endemic to Indonesia.[2]

Description

Dorsally pale brown or buff, with small black spots irregularly disposed. Head yellowish, much spotted with black. Ventrally white, with continuous or broken and alternating black crossbars, which are connected on the sides by a black uninterrupted stripe running from behind the head to the base of the tail; a much interrupted black stripe along the middle of the belly. Anal region black. Lower surface of tail bright pink [to which the specific epithet, opisthorhodus, meaning "rose posteriorly", refers].

Dorsal scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 184-187, only slightly larger than the adjacent scales; anal divided; subcaudals 6-7.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209616. Retrieved 17 August 2007. 
  2. ^ Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
  3. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1897. A List of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. Alfred Everett in Lombok, Flores, Sumba, and Savu, with Descriptions of new Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, vol. 19, p. 506.
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