Cylindrophis isolepis, or the Jampea Island pipe snake, is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

 in the Cylindrophiidae family. The specific epithet, isolepis, meaning "equal scale", refers to the fact that in this species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

the ventral scales are the same as the dorsal scales.

Description

Dorsally black, each scale with a fine whitish edge. Ventrally two alternating series of large white blotches. Lower surface of tail orange.

Six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye. No enlarged ventrals, 22 rows of scales around the body. Subcaudals 5.

The type specimen measures 43 cm (17 inches) in total length.