Telescopus tessellatus

Telescopus tessellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Telescopus
Species: T. tessellatus
Binomial name
Telescopus tessellatus
(Wall, 1908)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tarbophis tessellatus Wall, 1908[3]
  • Tarbophis martini Schmidt, 1939
  • Tarbophis fallax iberus Corkill, 1932
  • Tarbophis iberus Boulenger, 1920

Telescopus tessellatus, commonly known as the Soosan tiger snake[2] or the Soosan viper,[1] is a snake in the Colubridae family.[2] It is found in Iran and Iraq.[1][2] It is currently listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Göran Nilson (2009). "Telescopus tessellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T164603A5911524. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Telescopus tessellatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Wall, F. (1908). "Notes on a collection of snakes from Persia". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (4): 795–805.


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