Narrow-headed Snakes
Xylophis
Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains six species, all of which are endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India. All six species are non-venomous. They constitute 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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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.