Smith's Mountain Keelback
Encyclopedia
Smith's mountain keelback (Opisthotropis spenceri) is a species
of snake
in the family Colubridae.
It is endemic to Thailand
.
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 family Colubridae.
It is endemic to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Opisthotropis spenceri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.