Calliophis


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

Species

Species in this genus are:Calliophis beddomei - Beddome's coral snake Calliophis bibroni - Bibron's coral snake Calliophis bilineatus - Two-stripped coral snake Calliophis bivirgatus - Blue Malaysian coral snake Calliophis castoe E.N. Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri, 2012 - Castoe’s coral snake Calliophis gracilis Gray, 1835 - Spotted coral snake
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, is now in the genus Hemibungarus.
Both Kellogg's coral snake and MacClelland's coral snake are now in the genus Sinomicrurus.

Behaviour

Snakes of the genus Calliophis are semifossorial.