# Wallophis

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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{speciesbox
| image = Indian smooth snake (Coronella brachyura) at Amravati, Maharashtra.jpg
| image_caption = Indian smooth snake at [Amravati](/source/Amravati), [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) 
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref  = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Vyas, R. |author2=Suraj, M. |year=2021 |title=''Coronella brachyura'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T172590A158461186 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T172590A158461186.en |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Wallophis
| parent_authority = [Werner](/source/Franz_Werner), 1929
| species = brachyura
| authority = ([Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1866)
| range_map = Coronella brachyura distribution.png
| synonyms = *''Zamenis brachyurus'' <br />{{small|Günther, 1866}}
*''Coronella brachyura'' <br />{{small|— [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1890}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref>"''Wallophis brachyura'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
}}

'''''Wallophis brachyura''''', known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as the '''Indian smooth snake''' or '''''suvaro saap''''', is a [species](/source/species) of rare harmless snake in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Colubridae](/source/Colubridae). The species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [India](/source/India).

==Geographic range==
''W. brachyura'' is found in isolated localities in the state of [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra) in western peninsular India.<ref name=Das2002/>

==Habitat==
The preferred [habitat](/source/habitat) of ''W. brachyura'' is dry plains.<ref name=Das2002/>

==Description==
The following description is based on [Malcolm Smith](/source/Malcolm_Arthur_Smith) (1943):

Nostril large, between two nasals; internasals 0.3 to 0.5 as long as the prefrontals; frontal nearly as broad as long, in contact with a large preocular; loreal longer than high; 2 postoculars; temporals 2+2; 8 supralabials, 4th and 5th touching the eye; anterior genials larger than the posterior, the latter separated by two or three series of small scales. Scales in 23:23:19 rows; ventrals large, rounded; tail rather short. Ventrals 200–224;  Caudals 46–53;  Anals 1.

Hemipenis extending to the 13th caudal plate, not forked. The distal half is calyculate, the cups being large and with scalloped edges; the proximal half is spinose, two or three spines at the base being much larger than the others  (bad specimen).

Olive-brown above, with indistinct light variegations on the anterior half of the body and head; lower parts whitish.
Total length: males {{convert|515|mm|in|abbr=on}}, tail {{convert|75|mm|in|abbr=on}}; females {{convert|460|mm|in|abbr=on}}, tail {{convert|55|mm|in|abbr=on}}.

Range. Northern India. [Poona](/source/Pune) district and [Visapur](/source/Visapur), near [Bombay](/source/Mumbai); S.E. [Berar](/source/Vidarbha).

A rare snake.

==Diet==
The diet of ''W. brachyura'' is unknown.<ref name=Das2002>[Das I](/source/%3Afr%3AIndraneil_Das) (2002). ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India''. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-056-5}}. (''Coronella brachyura'', p. 29).</ref>

==Reproduction==
The manner of reproduction of ''W. brachyura'' is unknown.<ref name=Das2002/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*[Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (1890). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (''Coronella brachyura'', p. 309).
*[Günther A](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther) (1866). "Fifth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series'' '''18''': 24-29 + Plates VI-VII. (''Zamenis brachyurus'', new species, p. 27 + Plate VI, figure A).
*[Smith MA](/source/Malcolm_Arthur_Smith) (1943). ''The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptlia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes.'' London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (''Coronella brachyura'', pp. 194–195, Figure 60).

==External links==
*{{NRDB species|genus=Wallophis|species=brachyura|date=12 December|year=2007}}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20030908232013/http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Coronella_brachyura.jpg
*http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=465144

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Category:Colubrinae
Category:Reptiles described in 1929
Category:Taxa named by Franz Werner

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