Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 26th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Cylindrophis
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Oriental Pipe Snakes, Asian Pipe Snakes, Cylinder Snakes
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Walzenschlangen
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Asiatiske Cylinderslanger
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1828 |  |
Cylindrophis Wagler (type species: Cylindrophis resplendens Wagler 1828) |
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1829 | |
Rouleau Guérin Méneville 1829-1838 (type species: Tortrix maculata Merrem = Anguis maculata Linnaeus 1758) |
Contents:
15 species, of which 12 (80.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in the family
Aniliidae (e.g., Dowling 1959; Goin, Goin & Zug 1978) or the family
Uropeltidae (e.g., Smith, Smith & Sawin 1977; Grazziotin, Zaher, Ferrarezzi, Klaczko, Bonatto & Wilkinson 2007). Now assigned to its own, separate family, Cylindrophiidae (e.g., Cundall, Wallach & Rossman 1993).
Distribution:
Brunei,
Cambodia,
China
(Fujian,
Hainan),
East Timor,
Indonesia
(Babar Islands,
Bacan,
Banggai Islands,
Bangka,
Belitung,
Boano,
Buton,
Damar,
Flores,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Komodo,
Lombok,
Madura,
Natuna Islands,
Riau Islands,
Sangir Islands,
Sula Islands
[incl.
Sanana],
Sulawesi,
Sumatra,
Sumbawa,
Tanahjampea,
Tanimbar Islands
[incl.
Yamdena],
West Timor,
Wetar),
Laos,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia
[incl.
Langkawi Archipelago,
Penang Island]),
Myanmar,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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Cylindrophis aruensis
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Damar Pipe Snake, (Aru Pipe Snake)
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Damar-Walzenschlange, (Aru-Walzenschlange)
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Damar-cylinderslange
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1920 | |
Cylindrophis aruensis Boulenger |
Remarks:
Presence in Aru Islands, the type locality, is questionable (Iskandar & Colijn 2001), although reported by some authors (e.g., Haas 1950; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Damar).
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Cylindrophis boulengeri
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Wetar Pipe Snake, (Boulenger's Pipe Snake)
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Wetar-Walzenschlange
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Wetar-cylinderslange
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1911 | |
Cylindrophis boulengeri Roux |
Distribution:
East Timor,
Indonesia
(Babar Islands,
West Timor,
Wetar).
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Cylindrophis burmanus
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Burmese Pipe Snake
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Burmesische Walzenschlange
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Burmesisk Cylinderslange
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1943 | |
Cylindrophis rufus burmanus Smith |
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Cylindrophis burmanus Iskandar & Colijn 2001 |
Remarks:
Iskandar & Colijn (2001) listed burmanus as a separate species, but without discussion or references.
Even after the separation of burmanus, they noted that ruffus is composite.
Validity confirmed by Amarasinghe, Campbell, Hallermann, Sidik, Supriatna & Ineich (2015).
Distribution:
Myanmar.
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Cylindrophis engkariensis
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Engkari Pipe Snake
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Engkari-Walzenschlange
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Engkari-cylinderslange
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1994 | |
Cylindrophis engkariensis Stuebing |
Distribution:
Malaysia
(Sarawak).
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Cylindrophis isolepis
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Tanahjampea Pipe Snake
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Tanajampea-Walzenschlange
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Tanajampea-cylinderslange
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1896 | |
Cylindrophis isolepis Boulenger |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Tanahjampea).
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Cylindrophis jodiae
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Annam Pipe Snake, (Jodi's Pipe Snake)
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Annam-Walzenschlange
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Annam-cylinderslange
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2015 | |
Cylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann in Amarasinghe, Campbell, Hallermann, Sidik, Supriatna & Ineich |
Remarks:
This species represents what was previously regarded as northern populations of ruffus (see further remarks under that species).
Presence in Hong Kong needs confirmation, since there is only a single, 19th century record (Karsen, Lau & Bogadek 1998, as C. ruffus).
Distribution:
Cambodia,
China
(Fujian,
Hainan),
Laos,
Malaysia
(West Malaysia
[incl.
Penang Island]),
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam.
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Cylindrophis lineatus
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Lined Pipe Snake, Striped Pipe Snake, (Blanford's Pipe Snake)
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Gestreifte Walzenschlange
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Stribet Cylinderslange
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1880 | |
Cylindrophis lineatus Dennys |
Remarks:
The type locality was originally "Singapore", but Figueroa & Low (2021) suggested to change this to "Borneo".
These authors also demonstrated that the authorship should correctly be Dennys 1880, not Blanford 1881, as previously thought.
They also questioned the presence of the species in Kalimantan, although reported by Das & Iskandar (2012) and Bernstein, Bauer, McGuire, Arida, Kaiser, Kieckbusch & Mecke (2020).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Kalimantan),
Malaysia
(Sarawak).
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Cylindrophis maculatus
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Sri Lankan Pipe Snake, Blotched Pipe Snake
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Srilankanische Walzenschlange, Ceylon-Walzenschlange
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Srilankansk Cylinderslange
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1758 | |
Anguis maculata Linnaeus |
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Tortrix maculatus Oppel 1811 |
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Ilysia maculata Lichtenstein 1823 |
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Cylindrophis maculata Gray 1842 |
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1768 | |
Anguis decussata Laurenti (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1768 | |
Anguis hepatica Laurenti (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1768 | |
Anguis tessellata Laurenti (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
Distribution:
Sri Lanka.
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Cylindrophis melanotus
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Black Pipe Snake, Sulawesi Pipe Snake
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Schwarze Walzenschlange
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Sort Cylinderslange
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1830 | |
Cylindrophis melanotus Wagler |
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Tortrix melanota Gray 1849 |
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Cylindrophis rufa var. melanota Jan & Sordelli 1865 |
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1844 | |
Tortrix rufa var. Celebica Schlegel (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1849 | |
Tortrix rufa var. Celebensis Gray [unjustified emendation of Tortix rufa var. Celebica Schlegel 1844] (McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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Tortrix celebensis Gray 1849 |
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1927 | |
Cylindrophis celebensis Smith [not Tortrix rufa var. Celebensis Gray 1849] (McDowell 1975; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
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1935 | |
Cylindrophis heinrichi Ahl (McDowell 1975; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) |
Remarks:
Although reported from Halmahera (e.g., Ahl 1935), presence of melanotus in this island is questionable (Iskandar & Colijn 2001).
Records from Boano refer to osheai (Kieckbusch, Mader, Kaiser & Mecke 2018).
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Bacan,
Banggai Islands,
Buton,
Sangir Islands,
Sula Islands
[Sanana],
Sulawesi).
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Cylindrophis opisthorhodus
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Lesser Sundas Pipe Snake, Fawn Sunda Pipe Snake
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Sunda-Walzenschlange
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Sunda-cylinderslange
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1897 | |
Cylindrophis opisthorhodus Boulenger |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Flores,
Komodo,
Lombok,
Sumbawa).
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Cylindrophis osheai
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Boano Pipe Snake
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Boano-Walzenschlange
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Boano-cylinderslange
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2018 | |
Cylindrophis osheai Kieckbusch, Mader, Kaiser & Mecke |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Boano).
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Cylindrophis ruffus
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Red-tailed Pipe Snake, Red Pipe Snake, Common Pipe Snake
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Rotschwanz-Walzenschlange, Rote Walzenschlange
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Rød Cylinderslange, Malajisk Cylinderslange
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1768 | |
Anguis ruffa Laurenti |
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Eryx rufus Daudin 1803 |
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Tortrix rufa Merrem 1820 |
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Ilysia rufa Lichtenstein 1823 |
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Cylindrophis rufa Gray 1842 |
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1788 | |
Anguis striatus Gmelin (Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser 2016) |
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1828 | |
Cylindrophis resplendens Wagler (Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser 2016) |
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1849 | |
Anguis rufa javanica Gray (status uncertain; Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser 2016) |
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2015 | |
Cylindrophis mirzae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann in Amarasinghe, Campbell, Hallermann, Sidik, Supriatna & Ineich (Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser 2016) |
Remarks:
Previously included burmanus and populations now assigned to jodiae.
It is unclear whether certain populations of ruffus represent jodiae and/or unnamed species.
Specimens north of the Isthmus of Kra are herein regarded as representing either burmanus or jodiae, following recent works
(Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser 2016; Bernstein, Bauer, McGuire, Arida, Kaiser, Kieckbusch & Mecke 2020; David, Teynié & Vogel 2023).
Records from Boano refer to osheai (Kieckbusch, Mader, Kaiser & Mecke 2018).
Distribution:
Brunei,
Indonesia
(Bacan,
Bangka,
Belitung,
Buton,
Java,
Kalimantan,
Madura,
Natuna Islands,
Riau Islands,
Sangir Islands,
Sula Islands
[incl.
Sanana],
Sulawesi,
Sumatra),
Malaysia,
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia
[incl.
Langkawi Archipelago]),
Singapore,
Thailand.
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Cylindrophis ruffus
© Rune Midtgaard
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Cylindrophis slowinskii
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Kachin Pipe Snake, (Slowinski's Pipe Snake)
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Kachin-Walzenschlange
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Kachin-cylinderslange
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2020 | |
Cylindrophis slowinskii Bernstein, Bauer, McGuire, Arida, Kaiser, Kieckbusch & Mecke |
Distribution:
Myanmar.
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Cylindrophis subocularis
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Grabag Pipe Snake
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Grabag-Walzenschlange
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Grabag-cylinderslange
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2016 | |
Cylindrophis subocularis Kieckbusch, Mecke, Hartmann, Ehrmantraut, O'Shea & Kaiser |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Java).
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Cylindrophis yamdena
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Yamdena Pipe Snake
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Yamdena-Walzenschlange
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Yamdena-cylinderslange
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1998 | |
Cylindrophis yamdena Smith & Sidik |
Distribution:
Indonesia
(Tanimbar Islands:
Yamdena).
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