Coronella brachyura

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[edit] Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Coronella
Species: Coronella brachyura

[edit] Name

Coronella brachyura (Günther, 1866)

Type locality: India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh).

[edit] Synonyms

  • Zamenis brachyurus Günther, 1866: 27
  • Coronella brachyuraBoulenger, 1890
  • Coronella brachyuraSmith, 1943: 195
  • Wallophis brachyurusWelch
  • Coronella brachyurusDas, 1996: 55
  • Coronella brachyuraSharma, 2004

[edit] References

  • Günther, A. 1866. Fifth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 18: 24-29.
  • Sharma, R. C. 2004. Handbook Indian Snakes. AKHIL BOOKS, New Delhi, 292 pp.
  • Vyas, R. & Patel, S.S. 2007. New distributional records of the endemic snake Coronella brachyura (GÜNTHER 1866) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Colubrinae) from Gujarat State, India [in German and English]. Sauria 29 (3): 47-50.
  • Coronella brachyura at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2008.

[edit] Vernacular names

English: Indian Smooth Snake
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