Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake) is a non-venomous species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylophiinae |
| Genus: | Xylophis |
| Species: | X. stenorhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther, 1875)
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The status of Xylophis indicus as a junior synonym of X. stenorhynchus is tentative as it is only known from one specimen collected more than a century ago.[1][3] However, there has been a tentative recent sighting from the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Deepak, V.; Achyuthan, N.S. (2013). "Xylophis stenorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172586A1346955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172586A1346955.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Xylophis stenorhynchus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
- ^ Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K.P.; Easa, P.S.; Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, David J. (24 March 2020). "Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 4755 (2): 231–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2. PMID 32230180. S2CID 214749359.
- ^ Ganesh, Sanjana (12 March 2019). "Wood snake, last seen in 1878, rediscovered by scientists". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
Further reading
edit- Beddome, R.H. 1878 Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1878: 576
- Günther, A. 1875 Second report on collections of Indian Reptiles obtained by the British Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London,1875: 224–234.
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