Cylindrophis ruffus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Cylindrophiidae |
| Genus: | Cylindrophis |
| Species: | C. ruffus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768)
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The red-tailed pipe snake, red cylinder snake,cylindrophiid snake species found in Southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Description
Adults can grow to 39 in (1 m) in length.[4]
The dorsal scales are smooth, in 19 or 21 rows, with 186-245 ventrals, which are not quite twice as large as the contiguous dorsal scales; the anal plate is divided, and five to 10 subcaudals.[5]
Compared to other snakes, C. ruffus have a limited gape size.[6] Their primary diet consists of long, thin prey animals including snakes, caecilians, and eels.[7]
Geographic range
It is found in
type locality given is "Surinami" (possibly a mistake).[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cylindrophis ruffus.
- ^ . Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ^ Species Cylindrophis ruffus at The Reptile Database. Accessed 27 October 2014.
- ISBN 0-7894-7764-5.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London. pp. 135-136.
- – via Web of Science.
- – via Web of Science.
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