The triangle keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus) is a species of snake found in Brunei Darussalam, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India (Nicobar Islands; Arunachal Pradesh (Deban - Changlang district)), Indonesia (Nias, Mentawai, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Triangle keelback | |
---|---|
Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Xenochrophis |
Species: | X. trianguligerus
|
Binomial name | |
Xenochrophis trianguligerus (Boie, 1827)
|
The type locality is Java.
Gallery
edit-
Xenochrophis trianguligerus from Kaeng Krachan National Park.
-
Body close-up of X. trianguligerus, showing triangle marks.
-
Xenochrophis trianguligerus from East Borneo
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Xenochrophis trianguligerus.
- ^ "Xenochrophis trianguligerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN. 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- Friedrich Boie 1827 Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508–566.
- Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.