Oligodon cyclurus
Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor's kukri snake) is a species of snake found in Asia. It was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839.[1]
| Cantor's Kukri Snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. cyclurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor, 1839) | |
Distribution
India (Assam), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan).
Oligodon cyclurus dorsolateralis: Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), India (Assam).
References
- Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 7: 31–34, 49–55.
- Das, I. (1996). Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida.
- Grossmann, W. (1992). Beitrag zur Biologie der Kukri-Natter Oligodon cyclurus smithi (WERNER, 1925). Sauria 14 (2): 3–10.
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