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Oligodon lacroixi

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Species of snake

Oligodon lacroixi
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (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. lacroixi
Binomial name
Oligodon lacroixi
Angel & Bourret, 1933
Synonyms
  • Opisthotropis lacroixi
    (Angel & Bourret, 1933)

Oligodon lacroixi, commonly known as the Lacroix kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, lacroixi, is in honor of French mineralogist Alfred Lacroix.

Geographic range

O. lacroixi is found in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, and in northern Vietnam.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. lacroixi is forest, at altitudes of 1,400–1,900 m (4,600–6,200 ft).

Behavior

O. lacroixi is terrestrial and nocturnal.

Reproduction

O. lacroixi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Nguyen, T.Q.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon lacroixi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177416A1484510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177416A1484510.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Oligodon lacroixi at The Reptile Database
  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 lacroixi, p. 149).

Further reading

  • Angel F, Bourret RL (1933). "Sur une petite collection de serpents du Tonkin. Descriptions de espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 18: 129–140. (Oligodon lacroixi, new species, p. 138). (in French).
  • Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
  • Orlov NL, Ryabov SA, Nguyen TT, Nguyen TQ (2010). "Rediscovery and redescription of two rare snake species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) from Fansipan Mountains, northern Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (4): 310–322.
  • 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 lacroixi, p. 236).


Taxon identifiers
Oligodon lacroixi


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