Order Squamata
Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea Caenophidia)

Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)

This familiy contains only about 10 species.

Appearance: Asian pipesnakes (genus Cylindrophis) are shiny, stout, blunt-headed and short-tailed burrowers. All Asian pipesnkes have black-and-white checkered bellies.

Size: less than 1 m in length

Distribution: from Sri Lanka through the malayian peninsula to Indonesia.

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Relationships: Previously, the genus Cylindrophis has been assigned to the subfamily Cylindrophiinae of the family Uropeltidae.

• Cylindrophis

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References:

David,P. & Vogel,G. 1996
The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes.
Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.

de Lang, R. & G. Vogel 2005
The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys.
Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 25, Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 312p.

Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997
Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens.
Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp.

Stuebing,R.B. & INGER,R.F. 1999
A field guide to the snakes of Borneo.
Natural history Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, 254 pp. [corrections in HR 31: 124].

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