St. John's keelback
St. John's keelback | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Natricinae |
Genus: | Xenochrophis |
Species: | X. sanctijohannis |
Binomial name | |
Xenochrophis sanctijohannis (Boulenger, 1890) | |
Synonyms | |
St. John's keelback, Xenochrophis sanctijohannis, is a species of natricine snake, which is endemic to Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, sanctijohannis, is in honor of British naturalist Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John.[2]
Geographic range
X. sanctijohannis is found in Bhutan, northern India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir), northern Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.[1]
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. ("Tropidonotus sancti-johannis ", new species, p. 350).
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus sancti-johannis, p. 230 + Plate XV, figure 1).
- Das I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Xenochrophis sanctijohannis, p. 48).
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