Beddome's coral snake (Calliophis beddomei) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to hills of peninsular India.
C. beddomei is named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830-1911), British army officer and naturalist.
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Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withC. beddomei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 50 cm (20 in), with a tail length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).
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 550–1,100 m (1,800–3,610 ft). 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, Nilgiri Mountains, and Shevaroy.
C. beddomei is terrestrial.
C. beddomei is oviparous.
