Chrysopelea taprobanica

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Chrysopeleinae
Genus: Chrysopelea
Species: Chrysopelea taprobanica
Name
[edit]Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943: 254
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.9.83 (formerly BMNH 1906.7.21.1), ♀, collected by Lodge.
- Type locality: “Kanthali, Ceylon [=Kantalai, Sri Lanka]”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF
Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Somaweera, R., Pantoja, D.L. & Deepak, V. 2015. Forgotten records of Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 (Squamata: Colubridae) from India. Zootaxa 3947(4): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.11
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P., Ganesh, S.R., Srinivasulu, C. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2021. IUCN: Chrysopelea taprobanica (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197189A76381871. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197189A76381871.en. Accessed on 01 October 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Indian Flying Snake