Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus, commonly known as Gunther's bronzeback tree snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Ahaetuliinae |
| Genus: | Dendrelaphis |
| Species: | D. caudolineolatus
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| Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus (Günther, 1869)
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It was described and named, as Dendrophis caudolineolata, by Albert Günther of the British Museum in 1869.[3]
Geographic range
editThe snake is found in Sri Lanka,[2] where the type specimen, now in the Natural History Museum, London, was collected by Richard Hawksworth Barnes.[3]
References
edit- ^ Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Ganesh, S.R. (2021). "Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T172669A1363628. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b Species Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus at The Reptile Database
- ^ a b Albert Günther (21 August 2009). "Report on two Collections of Indian Reptiles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 37 (1): 500–507. doi:10.1111/J.1469-7998.1869.TB07359.X. ISSN 0370-2774. Wikidata Q99641048. (Dendrophis caudolineolata, new species, p. 506 + Plate XL, figure 1).
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