Calliophis bibroni

Calliophis bibroni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Calliophis
Species: Calliophis bibroni

Name

Calliophis bibroni (Jan, 1858)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.5070, sex indet, collection data unknown.
• Type locality: “Indes orientales”, restricted to “Western Ghats” by Deepak, Harikrishnan, Vasudevan & Smith (2010: 1).

Combinations

• Elaps bibroni Jan, 1858: 526 [original combination]
• Callophis [sic] bibroni — Boulenger, 1890: 386 [subsequent combination, genus misspelling]

Synonyms

• Elaps cerasinus Beddome, 1864: 179 [synonymised by Boulenger (1890: 386)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.93 (former 74.4.29.51), ♀, donated by R.H. Beddome.
  • Type locality: “Manantoddy (Malabar) [=Waynaad district, Kerala]”, India.

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1858. Plan d’une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de serpents. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée Série 2, 10: 438–449; 514–527. BHL (part I) BHL (part II) Reference page. 
• Beddome, R.H. 1864. Description of a new species of Elaps from Malabar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 179–180. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Deepak, V., Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K. & Smith, E.N. 2010. Redescription of Bibron's coral snake, Calliophis bibroni Jan 1858 with notes and new records from south of the Palghat and Shencottah Gaps of the Western Ghats, India. Hamadryad 35(1): 1–10. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Shanker, P.G. & Ganesh, S.R. 2009. Sighting record and range extension of Calliophis (= Callophis) bibroni, Jan 1858 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpents, Elapidae). The Herpetological Bulletin 108: 10–13. PDF
• Erinjery, J.J., Das, S., Muthuvarmadam, R.S. & Singh, M. 2014. Record of the Rare Bibron's Coral Snake Calliophis bibroni from Nelliyampathy Hills, Kerala, India. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 111(1): 51. DOI: 10.17087/bnhs/2014/v111i1/56536
• Raveendran, D.K., Deepak, V., Smith, E.N. & Smart, U. 2017. A new colour morph of Calliophis bibroni (Squamata: Elapidae) and evidence for Müllerian mimicry in Tropical Indian coralsnakes. Herpetology Notes 10: 209–217. PDF

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calliophis bibroni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 July 2017.
• Srinivasulu, C., Deepak, V., Shankar, G. & Srinivasulu, B. 2011. IUCN: Calliophis bibroni  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T177549A7454847. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T177549A7454847.en. Accessed on 14 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Bibron's Coral Snake

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