Calliophis

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

Calliophis
Calliophis intestinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Subfamily:	Elapinae
Genus:	Calliophis Gray, 1834[1]
Synonyms
Elaps Wagler, 1830 (part) Callophis [sic] Günther, 1859[2]

Species

Species in this genus are:^[3]

• Calliophis beddomei (M.A. Smith, 1943) – Beddome's coral snake (India)
• Calliophis bibroni (Jan, 1858) – Bibron's coral snake (India)
• Calliophis bilineatus (Peters, 1881) – Two-stripped coral snake (Philippines)
• Calliophis bivirgatus (F. Boie, 1827) – Blue Malaysian coral snake (Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
• Calliophis castoe E.N. Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri, 2012 – Castoe’s coral snake (India)
• Calliophis gracilis Gray, 1835 – Spotted coral snake (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore)
• Calliophis haematoetron E.N. Smith, Manamendra-Arachchi & Somweera, 2008 – Blood-bellied coral snake (Sri Lanka)
• Calliophis intestinalis (Laurenti, 1768) – Banded Malaysian coral snake (Indonesia, Malaysia)
• Calliophis maculiceps (Günther, 1858) – Speckled coral snake (Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos)
• Calliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802) – Slender coral snake, Indian coral snake (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
• Calliophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) – Black coral snake (India)
• Calliophis nigrotaeniatus (Peters, 1863) – banded Malaysian coral snake, striped coral snake (Indonesia, Malaysia )
• Calliophis philippinus (Günther, 1864) – Philippine coral snake (the Philippines)
• Calliophis salitan Brown, Smart, Leviton, & Smith, 2018 – Dinagat Island banded coral snake (the Philippines)
• Calliophis suluensis (Steindachner, 1891) – Sulu Islands banded coral snake (the Philippines)

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.^[4]