Английская Википедия:Captain's wood snake
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Captain's wood snake (Xylophis captaini), also known commonly as Captain's xylophis, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. The species is endemic to India.[1]
Geographic range
The holotype of X. captaini is from Kanam, Kottayam district, in the state of Kerala and was found in 2000. Captain's wood snake has been recorded at low altitudes on the western side of the southern part of the Western Ghats, south of the Palakkad Gap.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of X. captaini is forest at altitudes from sea level to Шаблон:Convert, but it has also been found in disturbed areas such as plantations.[3]
Description
A small species of snake, X. captaini does not exceed Шаблон:Convert in total length (including tail).[4]
Behavior
X. captaini is nocturnal, and burrows in leaf litter, humus, and soil to a depth of Шаблон:Convert.[3]
Diet
X. captaini preys predominantly on earthworms.[3]
Reproduction
Etymology
The specific name, captaini, and the common names, Captain's wood snake and Captain's xylophis, are in honor of Indian herpetologist Ashok Captain for his work on Indian snakes.[2][1][5]
References
Further reading
- Deepak V, Ruane S, Gower DJ (2018). "A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India". Journal of Natural History 52 (45–46): 2919–2934. (Xylophiinae, new subfamily).
- Palot MJ (2015). "A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa 7 (13): 8010–8022.
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:NRDB species
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокGowerWinklerне указан текст - ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокiucn status 20 November 2021не указан текст - ↑ Ganesh, S.R.; Chandramouli, S.R.; Shankar, P. Gowri (2012). "Record lengths of two endemic caenophidian snakes from the Western Ghats Mountains, India". Hamadryad 36 (1): 44–46.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Xylophis captaini, p. 47).
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