Xylophis stenorhynchus

Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther's mountain snake) is a species of snake found in the Western Ghats of India.[1][2]

Günther's mountain snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pareidae
Subfamily: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species:
X. stenorhynchus
Binomial name
Xylophis stenorhynchus
(Günther, 1875)
Synonyms[2]
  • Geophis stenorhynchus Günther, 1875
  • Xylophis indicus Beddome, 1878

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 is a tentative recent sighting from the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary.[4]

References
  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Deepak, V. & Achyuthan, N.S. (2013). "Xylophis perroteti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T172586A1346955. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. Xylophis stenorhynchus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Ganesh, Sanjana (12 March 2019). "Wood snake, last seen in 1878, rediscovered by scientists". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

Further reading
  • 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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