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Blackeway's mountain snake

Plagiopholis blakewayi

George Albert Boulenger, 1893

In Thai: งูหัวลายลูกศรดำ, ngu hua lai look sorn damm

Plagiopholis blakewayi, commonly known as Blakeway's mountain snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Myanmar, Thailand, and China.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Plagiopholis
Species
Plagiopholis blakewayi

Common names

  • Thai: งูหัวลายลูกศรดำ, ngu hua lai look sorn damm

Synonyms

  • Plagiopholis unipostocularis, LINDKEN et al. (2024)
  • Plagiopholis blakewayi, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Oligodon kunmingensis, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Plagiopholis unipostocularis, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Plagiopholis blakewayi, Frank Tillack et al. (2006)
  • Plagiopholis unipostocularis, Peng Guo et al. (1999)
  • Oligodon kunmingensis, Zi-Tong Kou & Jie-Yun Wu (1993)
  • Plagiopholis unipostocularis, Er-Mi Zhao, Yao-Ming Jiang & Qing-Yun Huang (1978)
  • Plagiopholis blakewayi, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
  • Plagiopholis blakewayi, Frank Wall (1923)

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Species in same genus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Blackeway's mountain snake, Plagiopholis blakewayi in Thailand
  • Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park

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Range map of Plagiopholis blakewayi in Thailand

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