Narrow-headed Snakes
Xylophis
Xylophis is a small genus of snakes. There are three species that are all endemic to southern India. All are members of the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Perrotet's Mountain Snake
speciesXylophis perroteti
Captain’s Wood Snake
speciesXylophis captaini
Anamalai Wood Snake
speciesXylophis mosaicus
Günther's Mountain Snake
speciesXylophis stenorhynchus
Wayanad Narrow-headed Snake
speciesXylophis chenkaruppan
Deepak's Wood Snake
speciesXylophis deepaki
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28000.