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Thermophis baileyi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA SQUAMATA DIPSADIDAE

Scientific Name: Thermophis baileyi
Species Authority: (Wall, 1907)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:
History:
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990 – Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988 – Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
China
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: All known specimens of this snake appear to have been collected in the vicinity of a hot spring at around 4,270 m elevation. The species is not found in the water, but is rarely more than half a mile from the site (Wall 1907, Malnate 1953).
Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Thermophis baileyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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