Bothrophthalmus

Taxobox
name = Red-Black Striped Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
genus = "Bothrophthalmus"
species = "B. lineatus"
binomial = "Bothrophthalmus lineatus"
binomial_authority = Schlegel, 1856

"Bothrophthalmus" is a genus of colubrid snakes containing a single species, "Bothrophthalmus lineatus", more commonly known as the Red-Black Striped Snake. There are two recognized subspecies:

*"Bothrophthalmus lineatus brunneus" (Günther, 1863)
*"Bothrophthalmus lineatus lineatus" (Peters, 1863)