Cylindrophiidae

Common names: Asian pipe snakes.

The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family containing the genus Cylindrophis found in Asia. These are burrowing snakes and all have checkered black-and-white bellies. Currently, 8 species are recognized and no subspecies.

Geographic range

Found from Sri Lanka east through Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and the Malay Archipelago to as far east as Aru Islands off the southwestern coast of New Guinea. Also found in southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island) and in Laos.

Species

Species	Taxon author	Common name	Geographic range
C. aruensis	Boulenger, 1920	Aru cylinder snake	Indonesia: The Aru Islands.
C. boulengeri	Roux, 1911	Boulenger's pipe snake	Indonesia: Baber, Timor and the Wetar Islands.
C. isolepis	Boulenger, 1896	Jampea Island pipe snake	Indonesia: Jampea Island.
C. lineatus	Blanford, 1881	Blanford's pipe snake	Indonesia: Borneo and Sarawak.
C. maculatus	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Ceylonese cylinder snake	Sri Lanka.
C. melanotus	Wagler, 1828	Black pipe snake	Indonesia: Sulawesi (Celebes), the Tabukan Islands, the Sangihe Islands, the Sula Islands, Halmahera and Batjan.
C. opisthorhodus	Boulenger, 1897	Island pipe snake	Indonesia: Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores.
C. ruffusT	(Laurenti, 1768)	Red-tailed pipe snake	Myanmar and southern China (Fujian, Hong Kong and on Hainan Island), south into Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and the East Indies to Indonesia (the Riau Archipelago, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Buton and the Sula Islands.

^T) Type species.

See also

• List of snakes, overview of all snake genera.

References