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Species of snake

Streaked kukri snake
Oligodon taeniolatus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: O. taeniolatus
Binomial name
Oligodon taeniolatus
(Jerdon, 1853)

The streaked kukri snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. It is also known as the variegated kukri. The IUCN lists the species as least concern.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the British physician and zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1853 as Coronella taeniolata.

There are two subspecies:

  • Oligodon taeniolatus taeniolatus (Jerdon 1853)
  • Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus (Günther 1864)

Distribution

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S. Turkmenistan, E. Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Sub-species: fasciatus).

Literature

  • Bauer, A.M. 2003 On the status of the name Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) and its long-ignored senior synonym and secondary homonym, Oligodon taeniolatus (Daudin, 1803). Hamadryad 27: 205–213.
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Dotsenko I B 1984 Morphological characters and ecological peculiarities of Oligodon taeniolatus (Serpentes, Colubridae). Vestnik Zoologii 1984 (4): 23-26
  • Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 2. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii: 522-534
  • Wall, Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages

References

  1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Orlov, N.L.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Papenfuss, T.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Munkhbayar, K.; Nuridjanov, D.; Shestopal, A. (2021). "Oligodon taeniolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164701A1069218. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164701A1069218.en. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. Papenfuss, T.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Ananjeva, N.; Orlov, N. (2010). "Oligodon taeniolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T164701A5918964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164701A5918964.en. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  3. ^ Oligodon taeniolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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Taxon identifiers
Oligodon taeniolatus


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