Blanford's pipe snake

Blanford's pipe snake or lined pipe snake, (Cylindrophis lineatus) is a species of snake in the family Cylindrophiidae[2] endemic to Indonesia.[3]

Blanford's pipe snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Cylindrophiidae
Genus: Cylindrophis
Species:
C. lineatus
Binomial name
Cylindrophis lineatus
Dennys, 1880

Description

A blackish-brown stripe, three scales wide, runs down the middle of the back from head to tail, and is bordered on each side by a narrower white stripe; below this again is a second, broad, blackish stripe of irregular width, with the lower border wavy. This stripe is separated by a narrow, wavy, white stripe from the dark crossbands of the belly, which are narrower than the alternating white crossbands. As in other species of this genus, the crossbands on opposite sides of the belly do not precisely coincide. The head and tail are yellowish white, with a few blackish spots. The type specimen is 25 in (63.5 cm) in total length, of which the tail is only 0.8 inch (2 cm).[4]

Dorsal scales occur in 21 rows, and ventrals in 215, nearly twice as large as contiguous dorsal scales; the anal scale is divided; it has 9 subcaudals.[5]

References
  1. Das, I.; Iskandar, D. (2012). "Cylindrophis lineatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192035A2031271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192035A2031271.en. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  2. "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  3. Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
  4. Blanford, W.T. 1881. On a collection of reptiles and frogs chiefly from Singapore. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, vol. 1881, pp. 215-226.
  5. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. p. 137.


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