Telescopus rhinopoma
Telescopus rhinopoma is a species of rear-fanged mildly venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in the Middle East (Iran), South Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan), and Central Asia (Turkmenistan).
| Telescopus rhinopoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Telescopus |
| Species: | T. rhinopoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Common names
Common names for T. rhinopoma include Indian desert cat snake,[1][2] leopard viper,[3] and desert cat snake.[1]
Geographic range
T. rhinopoma is found in southern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, southwestern Afghanistan, and western and northwestern Pakistan.[2]
Description
T. rhinopoma may attain a total length (including tail) of about one meter (39 inches). Dorsally, it is gray with dark brown blotches; ventrally it is dark brown, except for the throat which is white.[4]
References
- Papenfuss T, Shafiei Bafti S, Ananjeva NB, Orlov NL, Nilson G (2017). "Telescopus rhinopoma ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T164693A49062553. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/164693/0 Downloaded on 20 September 2017.
- Telescopus rhinopoma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 September 2018.
- Latifi (1991).
- Smith MA (1943).
Further reading
- Blanford WT (1874). "Descriptions of New Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistán". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 14: 31–35. (Dipsas rhinopoma, new species, p. 34). (in English and Latin).
- Böhme W (1977). "Further Specimens of the Rare Cat Snake, Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae)". Journal of Herpetology 11 (2): 201–205.
- Boulenger GA (1895). "An Addition to the Ophidian Fauna of India (Tarbophis rhinopoma, Blanf.)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 9: 325. (Tarbophis rhinopoma, new combination).
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Tarbophis rhinopoma, p. 50).
- Latifi, Mahmoud (1991). The Snakes of Iran. Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 156 pp. ISBN 0-916984-22-2. ("Telescopus rhinopoma, Leopard Viper", p. 120).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Containing 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. (Tarbophis rhinopoma, pp. 360–361, Figure 113, drawing of maxilla).
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