Order Squamata
Superfamily Xenophidia (Colubroidea Caenophidia)
Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian Pipe Snakes)
This familiy contains only about 10 species.
Appearance: Asian pipesnakes (genus Cylindrophis) are shiny, stout, blunt-headed and short-tailed burrowers. All Asian pipesnkes have black-and-white checkered bellies.
Size: less than 1 m in length
Distribution: from Sri Lanka through the malayian peninsula to Indonesia.
Relationships: Previously, the genus Cylindrophis has been assigned to the subfamily Cylindrophiinae of the family Uropeltidae.
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