Plagiopholis nuchalis

Assam mountain snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
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]

References

  1. ↑ Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T.; Richman, N. & Bohm, M. (2012). "Plagiopholis nuchalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T177441A1486583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177441A1486583.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  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.


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