Cylindrophiidae

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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Cylindrophiidae
Other forms of name
Asian pipe snakes
Asian pipesnakes
Pipe snakes, Asian
Pipesnakes, Asian
See Also From tracing topical name
Snakes
Squamata
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q661032
Library of congress: sh 00003762
Sources of Information
  • ITIS, Oct. 18, 2000(Cylindrophiidae. Common name: not available. Suborder Serpentes, Order Squamata)
  • The EMBL reptile database, via WWW, Oct. 18, 2000(Familia Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes), Superfamilia Xenophidia (Colubroidea Caenophidia), Ordo Squamata; Asian pipesnakes (genus Cylindrophis); previously, the genus Cylindrophis has been assigned to the subfamily Cylindrophiinae of the family Uropeltidae)
  • McDiarmid, R.W. Snake species of the world, c1999:v. 1, p. 152 (Cylindrophiidae)
  • Greene, H.W. Snakes, c1997:p. 17 (Cylindrophis (Asian pipesnakes))
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Wikipedia description:

The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family of secretive, semifossorial, non-venomous snakes containing the genus Cylindrophis found in southeastern Asia. These are burrowing snakes and most have a banded pattern on the belly. Currently, 14 species are recognized, all with no subspecies. Common names include Asian pipesnakes and Asian cylinder snakes.

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