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|name = Beddome's coral snake<br />
|image = Beddome's_coral_snake_Calliophis_beddomei.jpg<br />
|status = DD <br />
|status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn|author=[[Chelmala Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu C]], [[Bhargavi Srinivasulu|Srinivasulu B]], [[Veerappan Deepak|Deepak V]], [[Abhijit Das (herpetologist)|Das A]]|title=''Calliophis beddomei ''|volume=2013|page=e.T172615A1352627|date=2013|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172615A1352627.en|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref><br />
|genus = Calliophis<br />
|species = beddomei<br />
|authority = ([[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1943)<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Calliophis|species=beddomei|accessdate=24 January 2014}}</ref><br />
|synonyms = *''Callophis'' [sic] ''beddomei'' <br/>{{small|M.A. Smith, 1943}}<br />
*''Maticora beddomei'' <br/>{{small|— [[Kenneth R.G. Welch|Welch]], 1994}}<br />
*''Calliophis beddomei'' <br/>{{small|— [[:fr:Indraneil Das|I. Das]], 1996}}<ref name="RDB"/><br />
}}<br />
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'''Beddome's coral snake''' (''Calliophis beddomei)'' is a [[species]] of [[venomous snake]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Elapidae]]. The species is [[Endemism|endemic]] to hills of peninsular [[India]].<ref name="RDB"/><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
''C. beddomei'' is named after [[Richard Henry Beddome]] (1830-1911), British army officer and [[naturalist]].<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Calliophis beddomei'', p. 21).</ref><br />
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==Geographic range and habitat==<br />
Beddome's coral snake is found in semi-evergreen and tropical dry deciduous hills in the [[Eastern Ghats]] and the [[Western Ghats]] of India, at altitudes of {{convert|550|–|1,100|m|ft|abbr=on}}. Being first described from the [[Shevaroy Hills]] or [[Yercaud]], this species was later known from other parts of the [[Western Ghats]]. It is only known from three localities, [[Koppa, India|Koppa]], [[Nilgiri Mountains]], and Shevaroy.<ref name=IUCN/><br />
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==Description==<br />
''C. beddomei'' may attain a [[Snout-vent length|snout-to-vent length]] (SVL) of {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}}, with a tail length of {{convert|6.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith MA]] (1943).</ref><br />
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==Behavior==<br />
''C. beddomei'' is [[Terrestrial animal|terrestrial]].<ref name=IUCN/><br />
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==Reproduction==<br />
''C. beddomei'' is [[Oviparity|oviparous]].<ref name=RDB/><br />
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==Threats and conservation==<br />
''C. beddomei'' is not considered to be used for commercial use and is not known from any protected areas. However, it is listed in Schedule IV of [[Wildlife Protection Act, 1972]].<ref name=IUCN/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma, R.C.]] (2003). ''Handbook: Indian Snakes''. Kolkata: Zoological Survey of India. 292 pp. {{ISBN|978-8181711694}}.<br />
*[[Joseph Bruno Slowinski|Slowinski, Joseph B.]]; Boundy, Jeff; Lawson, Robin (2001). "The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: ''Calliophis'' and ''Maticora'') based on morphological and molecular characters". ''Herpetologica'' '''57''' (2): 233-245.<br />
*[[Malcolm Arthur Smith|Smith, Malcolm Arthur]] (1943). ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes.'' London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxii + 583 pp. (''Callophis'' [sic] ''beddomei'', new species, p.&nbsp;423).<br />
*[[Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh|Ganesh, S.R.]]; Ramanujam, Eric (2014). "Rediscovery of Beddome’s Coralsnake ''Calliophis beddomei'' Smith, 1943 from the type locality". ''Journal of Threatened Taxa'' '''6''' (3): 5580–5582.<br />
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[[Category:Calliophis]]<br />
[[Category:Reptiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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