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Oligodon barroni

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Species of snake

Oligodon barroni
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. barroni
Binomial name
Oligodon barroni
(M.A. Smith, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Simotes barroni
    M.A. Smith, 1916
  • Holarchus taeniatus caudaensis
    Bourret, 1934
  • Oligodon barroni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Oligodon barroni, or Barron's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, barroni, is in honor of Mr. P.A.R. Barron who collected the first three specimens including the holotype.

Geographic range

O. barroni is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. barroni is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,000 m (980–3,280 ft).

Description

O. barroni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 40 cm (16 in). The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows at midbody.

Diet

O. barroni feeds predominantly on eggs of small skinks and of other reptiles.

Reproduction

O. barroni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Chan-Ard, T.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon barroni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191934A2017565. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191934A2017565.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ Oligodon barroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon barroni, p. 18).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard T, Nabhitabhata J, Parr JWK (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
  • Smith MA (1916). "Descriptions of Three New Lizards and a New Snake from Siam". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 2 (1): 44–47. (Simotes barroni, new species, pp. 46–47).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Oligodon barroni, new combination, pp. 210–211, Figure 68).


Taxon identifiers
Oligodon barroni
Simotes barroni


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