Blue Malaysian Coral Snake

About the Blue Malaysian Coral Snake

Calliophis bivirgatus, also known commonly as the blue coral snake, the blue Malayan coral snake, and the blue Malaysian coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are three recognized subspecies.

Calliophis bivirgatus occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Burma, at 100 to 1,100 metres (300 to 3,600 ft) in elevation. There are three subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Calliophis bivirgatus bivirgatus (F. Boie, 1827) – Indonesia Calliophis bivirgatus flaviceps (Cantor, 1839) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Burma Calliophis bivirgatus tetrataenia (Bleeker, 1859) – Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis. Originally described in the genus Elaps, the blue coral snake was assigned to the old world coral snake genus Maticora until phylogenetic studies revealed this species to be nested within the tropical coral snake species clade Calliophis and... Wikipedia →