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Speckled coral snake
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Calliophis
Species:
maculiceps
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.

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