| Coluber vittacaudatus |
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| Scientific classification |
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Reptilia
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| Order: |
Squamata
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| Suborder: |
Serpentes
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| Family: |
Colubridae
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| Genus: |
Coluber
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| Species: |
C. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by A snake is an elongate Reptile of the suborder Serpentes Like all reptiles snakes are covered in scales. A colubrid (from Latin coluber, snake is a Snake that is a member of the Colubridae family. Coluber is a Genus of thin bodied fast moving Colubrid Snakes commonly known as racers. vittacaudatus
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| Binomial name |
Coluber vittacaudatus
Blyth, 1854 |
Coluber vittacaudatus is a species of snake found in Darjeeling, India. Edward Blyth ( December 23, 1810 - December 27, 1873) was an English zoologist and pharmacist Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Darjeeling ( Nepali:) is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
Distribution
Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" (= Darjeeling, 27° 02'N; 88° 16'E; West Bengal State, eastern India). Known only from the type locality. Named after "vittacaudatus" = Latin for striped tail.
References
- Blyth,E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 [1853]: 639-655
- Das, Indraneil, Basudeb Dattagupta And Nemai Charan Gayen. 1998 History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. J. south Asian nat. Hist. 3 (2): 121-172
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