Liopeltis

Liopeltis is a genus of colubrid snakes. With species known from India and Southeast Asia.[1]

Liopeltis
Liopeltis rappi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Liopeltis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

Liopeltis calamaria
Liopeltis frenata
Liopeltis pallidonuchalis
Liopeltis philippina
Liopeltis rappi
Liopeltis stoliczkae
Liopeltis tiomanica
Liopeltis tricolor

Species

  • L. calamaria[1]
  • L. frenatus[1]
  • L. pallidonuchalis[1]
  • L. philippinus[1] is, as the name suggests, a native of the Philippines
  • L. rappi
  • L. stoliczkae[1]
  • L. tiomanica[1]
  • L. tricolor[1] (or Malayan ringneck) is the most widely distributed species in the genus, being found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Geographic range

India and Southeast Asia

References


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