Xylophis mosaicus, the Anamalai wood snake, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. The species is non-venomous and endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[2]
| Xylophis mosaicus | |
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| From Munnar, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylophiinae |
| Genus: | Xylophis |
| Species: | X. mosaicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020[1]
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Geographic range
editX. mosaicus is found in the Anamalai region of the Western Ghats in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K.P.; Easa, P.S.; Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, David J. (24 March 2020). "Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 4755 (2): 231–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2. S2CID 214749359.
- ^ Xylophis mosaicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 May 2020.
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