Liopeltis stoliczkae
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Liopeltis |
| Species: | L. stoliczkae |
| Binomial name | |
| Liopeltis stoliczkae (Sclater, 1891) | |
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Liopeltis stoliczkae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, stoliczkae, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.[2]
Description
The following description of L. stoliczkae is from Malcolm A. Smith (1943):
Maxillary teeth 27 or 28; head distinct from neck, much depressed; snout projecting, twice as long as the eye; nostril very small, in an elongated undivided nasal; loreal squarish, sometimes united with the posterior nasal; eight supralabials, 4th and 5th touching the eye; genials subequal. Scales in 15:15:13 rows. Ventrals 148-154; caudals 116-134; anals 2.
Greyish above and lighter below with a broad black stripe on the side of the head, extending and gradually fading, on the fore part of the body; a grey stripe on the outer margins of the ventrals and a less distinct and thinner median one present or absent.
Total length: males 600 mm (24 in), tail 225 mm (8.9 in); females 545 mm (21.5 in), tail 205 mm (8.1 in).
Geographic range
According to M.A. Smith (1943), L. stoliczkae is found in India in Sikkim, Darjeeling, Assam (Naga Hills), and in Myanmar (Karen Hills).
References
Further reading
- Smith MA (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). xii + 583 pp. (Liopeltis stoliczkæ, p. 184).
- Sclater WL (1891). "Notes on the Collection of Snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species". J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 60: 230-250. (Ablabes stoliczkae, new species, p. 234 + Plate VI, figure 1).
- Wall F (1924). "A Hand-list of the Snakes of the Indian Empire. Part 3". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 29: 864-878. (Liopeltis stoliczkæ, new combination, p. 864).