Small-spotted coral snake (Calliophis maculiceps)

Species of Thailand

Small-spotted coral snake

Calliophis maculiceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1858

(In Thai: งูปล้องหวายหัวดำ, ngu phong wai hua damm)

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.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Calliophis
Species: Calliophis maculiceps

Common names

German: Gesprenkelte Korallenotter
English:
- Speckled coral snake
- Small-spotted coral snake
Thai: งูปล้องหวายหัวดำ, ngu phong wai hua damm

Subspecies

Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis, Henri Émile Sauvage, 1877
Range: South Vietnam, Cambodia; Type locality: Cochin-China (= Southern Vietnam)
Calliophis maculiceps hughi, Doris Mable Cochran, 1927
Range: Thailand (Koh Tao Island); Type locality: Koh Tao Islands, Gulf of Siam, Thailand
Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1858
Range: South Myanmar, Thailand, North-Wester Malaysia; Type locality: “East Indies” (GÜNTHER 1858)
Calliophis maculiceps michaelis, J. Deuve, 1961
Range: Laos; Type locality: Mekong, Laos.
Calliophis maculiceps smithi, Konrad Klemmer, 1963

Synonyms

Calliophis maculiceps, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Calliophis maculiceps smithi, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Calliophis maculiceps michaelis, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Calliophis maculiceps hughi, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Calliophis maculiceps, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Calliophis maculiceps, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Maticora maculiceps michaelis, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Maticora maculiceps maculiceps, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Maticora maculiceps hughi, Kenneth R. G. Welch (1994)
Maticora maculiceps, Philippe Golay et al. (1993)
Callophis hughi, Edward Harrison Taylor (1965)
Calliophis maculiceps smithi, Konrad Klemmer (1963)
Calliophis maculiceps michaelis
Callophis maculiceps, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Callophis hughi, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Callophis sic maculiceps, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
Calliophis maculiceps punctulatus, René Léon Bourret (1934)
Callophis hughi, Doris Mable Cochran (1927)
Calliophis maculiceps hughi, Doris Mable Cochran (1927)
Calliophis maculiceps var. univirgatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1915)
Callophis maculiceps var. univirgatus, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1915)
Elaps atrofrontalis, Henri Émile Sauvage (1877)
Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis, Henri Émile Sauvage (1877)
Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Elaps maculiceps, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Elaps melanurus, Theodore Edward Cantor (1847)

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Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

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