Abstract
Rediscovery of a rare venomous snake after nearly two centuries (since R.H.Beddome's period). Provides revised diagnosis for the species and updates the congener-comparison. Highlights the lack of taxonomic studies in south Indian coral snakes, particularly the striped coral snake sp. Complex.
Highlights
Shevaroy Hills at 1219m, a disjunct isolated massif in the southern Eastern Ghats, and the paratype: ZSIC 13559 in the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, from Koppa, in the central Western Ghats
Org accessed on 16 November 2013 CAS 17262, 17264 and 17266)
This species was listed as Data Deficient in the latest published IUCN conservation status assessment of Indian reptiles (Srinivasulu et al 2013)
Summary
Shevaroy Hills at 1219m, a disjunct isolated massif in the southern Eastern Ghats, and the paratype: ZSIC 13559 in the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, from Koppa, in the central Western Ghats. Rediscovery of Beddome’s Coralsnake Calliophis beddomei Smith, 1943 from the type locality Calliophis beddomei Smith, 1943
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