Xylophis chenkaruppan

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pareoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Pareoidea

Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species: Xylophis chenkaruppan

Name

Xylophis chenkaruppan Narayanan, Das, Ghosh, Palot, Umesh & Gower & Deepak, 2025: 512

• Holotype: ZSI/WGRC/IR. V.3825, ♂, collected by Muhamed Jafer Palot, Avrajjal Ghosh and Umesh P. on 7 October 2015.
• Type locality: “Vellarimala Hills, Wayanad district, Kerala, India (11.4677°N, 76.1463°E; 1409 m elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Narayanan, S., Das, S., Ghosh, A., Palot, M.J., Umesh, P., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2025. Hidden in the Sky Islands: A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from montane habitats of Wayanad in the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 5666(4): 509–528. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.4.3 Reference page.