Assam mountain snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Plagiopholis |
Species: | P. nuchalis
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Binomial name | |
Plagiopholis nuchalis (
Boulenger, 1893)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Plagiopholis nuchalis, commonly known as the Assam mountain snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Asia.
P. nuchalis is found in China ( Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. It may possibly also be found in India ( Assam) and Vietnam. [2]
A small snake, P. nuchalis may attain a total length of 45 cm (18 in), which includes a tail 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long. Dorsally it is blackish brown, with many of the dorsal scales edged with black. On the neck there is a broad black chevron, pointing forward, to which the specific name, nuchalis, refers. Ventrally it is yellowish, marked with black. [5]
Assam mountain snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Plagiopholis |
Species: | P. nuchalis
|
Binomial name | |
Plagiopholis nuchalis (
Boulenger, 1893)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Plagiopholis nuchalis, commonly known as the Assam mountain snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. [3] [4] The species is endemic to Asia.
P. nuchalis is found in China ( Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. It may possibly also be found in India ( Assam) and Vietnam. [2]
A small snake, P. nuchalis may attain a total length of 45 cm (18 in), which includes a tail 5.5 cm (2.2 in) long. Dorsally it is blackish brown, with many of the dorsal scales edged with black. On the neck there is a broad black chevron, pointing forward, to which the specific name, nuchalis, refers. Ventrally it is yellowish, marked with black. [5]