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Species of Thailand

Long-tailed ground snake

Gongylosoma longicaudum

(Wilhelm Karl Hartwich Peters, 1871)

In Thai: งูสายทองหางยาว (ngu sai thong hang yao)

Gongylosoma longicauda, Peters's smooth snake or long-tailed ringneck, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

The snake is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Gongylosoma
Species
Gongylosoma longicaudum

Common names

  • German: Langschwanz-Halsbandnatter
  • English:
    • Long-tailed ringneck
    • Peters' smooth snake
    • Long-tailed ground snake
  • Thai: งูสายทองหางยาว (ngu sai thong hang yao)

Synonyms

  • Gonglyosoma longicauda (in error), SYAFIQ et al. (2023)
  • Gongylosoma longicauda, DE LANG (2017)
  • Gongylosoma longicauda, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (2015)
  • Gongylosoma longicaudum, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
  • Gongylosoma longicaudum, Rudolf Malkmus et al. (2002)
  • Gongylosoma longicauda, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
  • Liopeltis longicaudus, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Gongylosoma longicauda, Patrick David & Gernot Vogel (1996)
  • Liopeltis longicauda, Michael Wilmer Forbes Tweedie (1983)
  • Liopeltis longicauda, Alice Georgie Cruickshank Grandison (1978)

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Least Concern (IUCN3.1)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Long-tailed ground snake, Gongylosoma longicaudum in Thailand
  • Namtok Sai Khao National Park
  • Than To District, Yala
  • Waeng District, Narathiwat
Range map of Gongylosoma longicaudum in Thailand