Neelaps calonotos

Neelaps calonotos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Neelaps
Species:
N. calonotos
Binomial name
Neelaps calonotos
Synonyms[2]

Neelaps calonotos, also known commonly as the black-striped burrowing snake, the black-striped snake, and the western black-striped snake, is a species of mildly venomous burrowing snake endemic to Australia. The specific epithet calonotos ("beautiful-backed") refers to the patterning on the upper surface of the body.[3]

  1. ^ Gaikhorst G, Valentine L, Craig M, Sanderson C, Ford S, Teale R (2018) [amended version of 2017 assessment]. "Neelaps calonotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T20230A136221347. Retrieved 3 June 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Neelaps calonotos at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference arod was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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