Calliophis

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Calliophis is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, one of several known commonly as oriental coral snakes or Asian coral snakes.

Species

Species in this genus are: Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.

Taxonomy

The former Calliophis calligaster, the barred coral snake (Philippines), is now in the genus Hemibungarus. Both Kellogg's coral snake (formerly C. kelloggi ) (Vietnam, Laos, China) and MacClelland's coral snake (formerly C. macclellandi ) are now in the genus Sinomicrurus.

Behaviour

Snakes of the genus Calliophis are semifossorial.

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