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Coluber vittacaudatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Coluber
Species:	C. vittacaudatus
Binomial name
Coluber vittacaudatus Blyth, 1854

Coluber vittacaudatus is a species of snake found in Darjeeling, India.

Distribution

Type locality: from "vicinity of Darjiling" (= Darjeeling, 27° 02'N; 88° 16'E; West Bengal State, eastern India). Known only from the type locality. Named after "vittacaudatus" = Latin for striped tail.

References

• Blyth, E. 1854 Notices and descriptions of various reptiles, new or little-known. Part I. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22 : 639-655
• Das, Indraneil, Basudeb Dattagupta And Nemai Charan Gayen. 1998 History and catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. J. south Asian nat. Hist. 3 (2): 121-172

External links

• Coluber vittacaudatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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