Malayan smooth snake (Liopeltis tricolor)

Species of Thailand

Malayan smooth snake

Liopeltis tricolor, Hermann Schlegel, 1837

(In Thai: งูสายทองมลายู)

Commonly known as Malayan ringneck, Liopeltis tricolor is a species of snake found in Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippine Islands, Singapore and Vietnam.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Liopeltis
Species: Liopeltis tricolor

Common names

German: Dreifarbige Halsbandnatter
English:
- Malayan smooth snake
- Three-coloured ringneck
- Malayan ringneck
Thai: งูสายทองมลายู

Synonyms

Liopeltis tricolor, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Liopeltis tricolor, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Liopeltis tricolor, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Liopeltis tricolor, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Liopeltis tricolor, John Roscoe Hendrickson (1966)
Ablabes tricolor, Theodorus Willem van Lidth de Jeude (1922)
Gongylosoma tricolor, G. Hope Sworder (1922)
Ablabes tricolor, George Albert Boulenger (1890)
Cyclophis tricolor, Ferdinand Stoliczka (1873)
Phragmitophis tricolor, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1862)
Ablabes baliodeiroides, Pieter Bleeker (1858)
Cyclophis tricolor, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1858)
Liopeltis tricolor, Leopold Fitzinger (1843)
Herpetodryas tricolor, Hermann Schlegel (1837)

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Liopeltis tricolor - Khao Sok National Park

Distribution map of Malayan smooth snake, Liopeltis tricolor in Thailand — Range map of Liopeltis tricolor in Thailand

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