Calliophis maculiceps

Calliophis maculiceps
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Calliophis
Species:	C. maculiceps
Binomial name
Calliophis maculiceps (Günther, 1858)
Synonyms
Elaps maculiceps Günther, 1858: 232 Elaps melanurus Cantor, 1847 (not Shaw; fide M.A. Smith, 1943) Calliophis maculiceps punctulatus Bourret, 1934 Callophis [sic] maculiceps — M.A. Smith, 1943: 420 Maticora maculiceps — Golay et al., 1993 Calliophis maculiceps — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 420 Calliophis maculiceps — Cox et al., 1998: 32 ______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis (Sauvage, 1877) Elaps atrofrontalis Sauvage, 1877 Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis — Sang et al., 2009 ______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps hughi (Cochran, 1927) Callophis hughi Cochran, 1927 Callophis hughi — M.A. Smith, 1943 Callophis hughi — Taylor, 1965 Maticora maculiceps hughi — Welch, 1994: 75 Calliophis maculiceps hughi — Sang et al., 2009 _______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps (Günther, 1858) Elaps maculiceps Günther, 1858 Maticora maculiceps maculiceps — Welch, 1994: 75 Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps — Sang et al., 2009 _______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps michaelis Deuve 1961 Calliophis maculiceps michaelis Deuve, 1961 Maticora maculiceps michaelis — Welch, 1994: 75 Calliophis maculiceps michaelis — Sang et al., 2009 _______________________________ Calliophis maculiceps smithi Klemmer, 1963 Callophis maculiceps var. univirgatus M.A. Smith, 1915 (nomen oblitum) Calliophis maculiceps smithi Klemmer, 1963 (nomen novum) Calliophis maculiceps smithi — Sang et al., 2009

Calliophis maculiceps, commonly known as the speckled coral snake or the small-spotted coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Southeast Asia. Five subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Geographic range

C. maculiceps is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

Subspecies

The following five subspecies are considered valid:

• Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis (Sauvage, 1877)
• Calliophis maculiceps hughi (Cochran, 1927)
• Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps (Günther, 1858)
• Calliophis maculiceps michaelis Deuve, 1961
• Calliophis maculiceps smithi Klemmer, 1963

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Callophis [sic] maculiceps, p. 384).
• Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Callophis [sic] maculiceps, pp. 397–398).
• Golay P, Smith HM, Broadley DG, Dixon JR, McCarthy CJ, Rage J-C, Schätti B, Toriba M. 1993. Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World. A Checklist. Geneva: Azemiops Herpetological Data Center. xv + 478 pp.
• Günther A. 1858. Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Elaps maculiceps, p. 232).
• Manthey U, Grossmann W. 1997. Amphibien und Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Calliophis maculiceps, p. 420).
• 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. (Callophis [sic] maculiceps, pp. 420–421).

External links

• Photo of Calliophis maculiceps in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand