Boulenger's pipe snake (Cylindrophis boulengeri) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Cylindrophiidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.

Boulenger's pipe snake

Geographic range

Within Indonesia C. boulengeri is found on the Babar Islands, Timor, and Wetar.

Boulenger's pipe snake

Description

C. boulengeri may attain a total length (including tail) of . Dorsally, it is black; ventrally, it has alternating dark gray and yellowish crossbands.

Boulenger's pipe snake

Reproduction

C. boulengeri is viviparous.

References

Further reading

McDowell SB (1975). "A Catalogue of the Snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with Special Reference to Those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Part II. Anilioidea and Pythoninae". Journal of Herpetology 9 (1): 1–79. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, p. 26). Roux J (1911). "Elbert-Sunda-Expedition des Frankfurter Vereins für Geographie und Statistik. Reptilien und Amphibien ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, Jena 30: 495–508. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, new species, p. 500). (in German).

Cylindrophiidae

Reptiles described in 1911

Taxa named by Jean Roux