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Cylindrophiidae
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 Red-tailed pipe snake, C. ruffus
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- Common names: Asian pipe snakes.[2]
The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family[2] containing the genus Cylindrophis found in Asia. These are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies. Currently, 8 species are recognized and no subspecies.[3]
Found from Sri Lanka east through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Malay Archipelago to as far east as Aru Islands off the southwestern coast of New Guinea. Also found in southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island) and in Laos.[1]
| Species[3] | Authority[3] | Common name[4] | Geographic range[1] |
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| C. aruensis | Boulenger, 1920 | Aru cylinder snake | Indonesia: The Aru Islands. |
| C. boulengeri | Roux, 1911 | Boulenger's pipe snake | Indonesia: Baber, Timor and the Wetar Islands. |
| C. isolepis | Boulenger, 1896 | Jampea Island pipe snake | Indonesia: Jampea Island. |
| C. lineatus | Blanford, 1881 | Blanford's pipe snake | Indonesia: Borneo and Sarawak. |
| C. maculatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Ceylonese cylinder snake | Sri Lanka. |
| C. melanotus | Wagler, 1828 | Black pipe snake | Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes), the Tabukan Islands, the Sangihe Islands, the Sula Islands, Halmahera and Batjan. |
| C. opisthorhodus | Boulenger, 1897 | Island pipe snake | Indonesia: Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores. |
| C. ruffusT | (Laurenti, 1768) | Red-tailed pipe snake | Myanmar and southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island), south into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Indonesia (the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Buton and the Sula Islands. |
T) Type species.[1]
- ^ a b c d e McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b Cylindrophiidae (TSN 563896). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 17 August 2007.
- ^ a b c Cylindrophis (TSN 209616). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 17 August 2007.
- ^ Cylindrophis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
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| Chordata • Reptilia • Squamata | |
| Alethinophidia | Acrochordidae • Aniliidae • Anomochilidae • Atractaspididae • Boidae • Bolyeriidae • Colubridae • Cylindrophiidae • Elapidae • Loxocemidae • Pythonidae • Tropidophiidae • Uropeltidae • Viperidae • Xenopeltidae |
| Scolecophidia | Anomalepididae • Leptotyphlopidae • Typhlopidae |