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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: Indonesia (Timor, Wetar, Babar [= Baber])
Type locality: Wetar, Iliwaki [Indonesia].

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Boulenger's pipe snake

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Boulenger's pipe snake (Cylindrophis boulengeri) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Cylindrophiidae.^[1] The species is endemic to Indonesia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.^[3]

Geographic range

Within Indonesia C. boulengeri is found on the Babar Islands, Timor, and Wetar.^[2]

Description

C. boulengeri may attain a total length (including tail) of 55 cm (22 in). Dorsally, it is black; ventrally, it has alternating dark gray and yellowish crossbands.^[4]

Reproduction

C. boulengeri is viviparous.^[2]

References

^ "Cylindrophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
^ Beolens Bo, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, p. 34).
^ de Rooij N (1917). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Ophidia. Leiden: E.J. Brill Ltd. xiv + 334 pp. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, p. 38).

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