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词条 Plagiopholis nuchalis
释义

  1. Geographic range

  2. Description

  3. Reproduction

  4. External links

  5. References

  6. Further reading

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| name = Assam mountain snake
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [1]
| image =
| genus =Plagiopholis
| species = nuchalis
| authority = (Boulenger, 1893)
| synonyms = *Trirhinopholis nuchalis
{{small|Boulenger, 1893}}
  • Oligodon evansi
    {{small|Wall, 1913 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)}}
  • Trirhinopholis nuchalis
    {{small|— Wall, 1921 (fide M.A. Smith, 1943)}}
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    {{small|— M.A. Smith, 1940}}
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis
    {{small|— M.A. Smith, 1943}}


| synonyms_ref = [2]
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Plagiopholis nuchalis, commonly known as the Assam mountain snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2][3] 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.[4]

Description

A small snake, P. nuchalis may attain a total length of {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on}}, which includes a tail {{convert|5.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} 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.[4]

External links

  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/73879198@N00/3720915046/in/set-72157601135099216 Flickr photo by Michael Cota]
  • [https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofsnake01brit#page/368/mode/2up 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]).

References

1. ^{{Cite journal|author=Wogan G, Chan-Ard T, Richman N, Bohm M|title=Plagiopholis nuchalis |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|volume=2012|page=e.T177441A1486583|publisher=IUCN|date=2012|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/177441/0|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177441A1486583.en|access-date=15 January 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Plagiopholis nuchalis |url=http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=202445|publisher=uBIO|accessdate=29 April 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Plagiopholis nuchalis |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Plagiopholis_nuchalis/classification/|accessdate=29 April 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Plagiopholis nuchalis |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Plagiopholis&species=nuchalis|publisher=The Reptile Database|accessdate=29 April 2014}}
5. ^Smith MA (1943).

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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7 : Colubrids|Plagiopholis|Reptiles of Myanmar|Reptiles of China|Reptiles of Laos|Reptiles of Thailand|Reptiles described in 1893

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