Misplaced Pages

Platyceps vittacaudatus

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of snake

Platyceps vittacaudatus
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: P. vittacaudatus
Binomial name
Platyceps vittacaudatus
(Blyth, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Coluber vittacaudatus Blyth 1854 ;
  • Coluber vittacaudatus, Das et al. 1998;
  • Argyrogena vittacaudata, Wallach et al. 2014;
  • Platyceps vittacaudatus — Deepak et al. 2021

The striped-tailed racer (Platyceps vittacaudatus) is a snake in the family Colubridae.

It is found in India.

Distribution

India (Darjeeling, West Bengal)

Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" (= Darjeeling, 27° 02'N; 88° 16'E; West Bengal State, eastern India). Known only from the type locality.

References

  1. ^ Mohapatra, P. (2021). "Argyrogena vittacaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T202840A2757257. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Platyceps vittacaudatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 July 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Argyrogena vittacaudata
Stub icon

This article relating to Colubrinae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: