Oligodon moricei

Oligodon moricei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Oligodon
Species: O. moricei
Binomial name
Oligodon moricei
David, Vogel & van Rooijen, 2008

Oligodon moricei, commonly known as the Morice's kukri snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to south Vietnam. This species differs from its cogenerates by the combination of a “rusty brown” vertebral stripe edged by two black stripes, 12 maxillary teeth, 17 dorsal scale rows, a large number of ventral scales, seven supralabials and a dark belly.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nguyen, T.Q. & Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon moricei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T192118A2042450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192118A2042450.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  2. ↑ David, Patrick, Gernot Vogel, and Johan Van Rooijen. "A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region." Zootaxa 1965 (2008): 1-49.

Further reading

  • Vassilieva, Anna B., et al. "A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam." Zootaxa 3702.3 (2013): 233-246.
  • Neang, Thy, L. Lee Grismer, and Jennifer C. Daltry. "A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia." Zootaxa 3388 (2012): 41-55.
  • David, Patrick, Indraneil Das, and Gernot Vogel. "On some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Indian species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae)." Zootaxa 2799 (2011): 1-14.
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