Calliophis, Gray, 1835

Weinell, Jeffrey L., Hooper, Errol, Leviton, Alan E. & Brown, Rafe M., 2019, Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66 (1), pp. 1-49 : 21

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512680

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12728118

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A20AE119-FFA9-FFB9-FD80-0E224C9A59CE

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Calliophis
status

 

Calliophis View in CoL

Key to Philippine species.

1a. Dorsal body surface with black and white crossbands, rather than longitudinal stripes; head black dorsally; tail red dorsally.................................... Calliophis salitan View in CoL

1b. Dorsal body surface with pale longitudinal stripes, rather than crossbands............... 2

2a. Black bands on ventral body surface not in contact with black of lateral body surface; distinct white longitudinal stripe present on lateral body surface, occupying entire first, or parts of first and second, dorsal body scale rows............................... Calliophis bilineata

2b. Black bands on ventral body surface in contact with black of lateral body surface; distinct white stripe absent from first or second dorsal body scale rows............................. 3

3a. Cream-colored bands on ventral body surface do not extend onto side of body above first dorsal body scale row............................................. Calliophis suluensis View in CoL

3b. Cream-colored bands on ventral body surface extend onto side of body, often to fourth dorsal body scale row............................................... Calliophis philippina

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

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