Nguyenvansang's snake

{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Thy, N. |author1-link=species:Thy Neang |author2=Nguyen, T.Q. |author2-link=Truong Quang Nguyen |author3=Golynsky, E. |author3-link=Evgeny A. Golynsky |date=2012 |title=''Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi '' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T193449A2237078 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193449A2237078.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | parent_authority = Orlov, Kharin, Ananjeva, <br />T.T. Nguyen & T.Q. Nguyen, 2009 | taxon = Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi | authority = Orlov, Kharin, Ananjeva, T.T. Nguyen & T.Q. Nguyen, 2009 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''Nguyenvansang's snake''' ('''''Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi''')'' is a species of snake in the subfamily Sibynophiinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.

==Etymology== The specific name, ''nguyenvansangi'', is in honor of Vietnamese herpetologist Nguyen Van Sang.<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}}. (''Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi'', p. 190).</ref>

==Taxonomy== As of 2024, the genus ''Colubroelaps'' contains only one other species, ''Colubroelaps adleri''.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Colubroelaps}} www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

==Geographic range== ''Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi'' is found in southern Vietnam, in Bình Phước Province and Lâm Đồng Province.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL species|genus=Colubroelaps|species=nguyenvansangi|access-date=22 June 2019}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

==Description== ''Colubroelaps nguyenvansangi'' may attain a total length of {{convert|50|cm|in|abbr=on}}, which includes a tail about {{convert|11|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. The head is small, roundish, and short, and is not distinct from the body. The body is very slender. The dorsal scales are in 15 rows at midbody. Dorsally, it is striped with brown and black. Ventrally, in striking contrast, it is uniform white.<ref name=RDB/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *Orlov, Nikolai L.; Kharin, Vladimir E.; Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Nguyen, Thien Tao; Nguyen, Truong Quang (2009). "A New Genus and Species of Colubrid Snake (Squamata, Ophidia, Colubridae) from South Vietnam (Lam Dong Province)". ''Russian Journal of Herpetology'' '''16''' (3): 228–240. (''Colubroelaps'', new genus; ''C. nguyenvansangi'', new species). (in English).

Category:Sibynophiinae Category:Monotypic snake genera Category:Reptiles described in 2009 Category:Reptiles of Southeast Asia Category:Snakes of Vietnam Category:Snakes of Southeast Asia Category:Snakes of Asia Category:Taxa named by Vladimir Kharin (zoologist) Category:Taxa named by Nikolai Loutseranovitch Orlov Category:Taxa named by Truong Quang Nguyen