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Species of snake

Oligodon moricei
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (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. moricei
Binomial name
Oligodon moricei
David, G. Vogel & van Rooijen, 2008

Oligodon moricei, commonly known as Morice's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Vietnam.

Etymology

The specific name, moricei, is in honor of French naturalist Albert Morice.

Description

The species O. morecei 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.

References

  1. Nguyen, T.Q.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon moricei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192118A2042450. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192118A2042450.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon moricei, p. 183).
  3. David, Patrick; Vogel, Gernot; van Rooijen, Johan (2008). "A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region". Zootaxa 1965: 1-49. (Oligodon moricei, new species, pp. 40-44).

Further reading

  • Vassilieva, Anna B., et al. (2013). "A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam". Zootaxa 3702 (3): 233–246. (Oligodon cattienensis, new species).
  • Neang, Thy; Grismer, L. Lee; Daltry, Jennifer C. (2012). "A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia". Zootaxa 3388: 41–55. (Oligodon kampucheaensis, new species).
  • David, Patrick; Das, Indraneil; Vogel, Gernot (2011). "On some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Indian species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae)". Zootaxa 2799: 1–14.

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Taxon identifiers
Oligodon moricei


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