Plagiopholis nuchalis

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Assam mountain snake

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Plagiopholis
Species:
P. nuchalis
Binomial name
Plagiopholis nuchalis
(Boulenger, 1893)
Synonyms[2]
  • Trirhinopholis nuchalis
    Boulenger, 1893
  • Oligodon evansi
    Wall, 1913 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Trirhinopholis nuchalis
    — Wall, 1921 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    — M.A. Smith, 1940
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

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.

Geographic range[]

P. nuchalis is found in China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. It may possibly also be found in India (Assam) and Vietnam.[2]

Description[]

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]

Reproduction[]

P. nuchalis is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T.; Richman, N.; Bohm, M. (2012). "Plagiopholis nuchalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177441A1486583. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177441A1486583.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". uBIO. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. ^ Smith MA (1943).

External links[]

  • Flickr photo by Michael Cota
  • 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. (Trirhinopholis nuchalis, new species, pp. 419–420 + Plate XXVIII, figures 1, [1a, 1b]).

Further reading[]

  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Plagiopholis nuchalis, pp. 326–327).
  • Tillack, Frank; Scheidt, Ulrich; Ihle, Thomas (2006). "First record of Blakeway's mountain snake, Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger, 1893 from Thailand, with remarks on the distribution of Plagiopholis nuchalis Boulenger 1893 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontidae)". Veröffentlichungen des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt 25: 181–186.


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