Dryophiops rubescens

Dryophiops rubescens, commonly known as the red whip snake, is a snake of the colubrid family.

Dryophiops rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophiops
Species:
D. rubescens
Binomial name
Dryophiops rubescens
(Gray, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Dipsas rubescens Gray, 1835
  • Dendrophis sumatrana Bleeker, 1858

Geographic distribution

The snake is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[2]

References
  1. "Dryophiops rubescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176800A1447382.en.
  2. Dryophiops rubescens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2018.


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