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Species of snake

Oligodon theobaldi
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. theobaldi
Binomial name
Oligodon theobaldi
(Günther, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Simotes theobaldi
    Günther, 1868
  • Oligodon theobaldi
    — Wall, 1923

Oligodon theobaldi, commonly known as the Mandalay kukri snake or Theobald's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, theobaldi, is in honor of British herpetologist William Theobald.

Geographic range

O. theobaldi is found in Bangladesh, India (Assam), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), and Thailand.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. theobaldi is forest, at altitudes of 220–680 m (720–2,230 ft).

Description

O. theobaldi may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 39 cm (15 in). Its coloration resembles that of a garter snake.

Reproduction

O. theobaldi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Vogel G, Wogan G (2012). "Oligodon theobaldi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192107A2040606. https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192107A2040606.en. Downloaded on 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ Species Oligodon theobaldi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 theobaldi, p. 264).
  4. "Amphibians of Thailand" (PDF). Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  5. Das (2002).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Simotes theobaldi, p. 315).
  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Simotes theobaldi, pp. 230–231 + Plate IX, figure 3).
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Oligodon theobaldi, p. 41).
  • Green, Marc D.; Orlov, Nikolai L.; Murphy, Robert W. (2010). "Toward a Phylogeny of the Kukri Snakes, Genus Oligodon ". Asian Herpetological Research 2 (1): 1-21.
  • Günther A (1868). "Sixth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series 1: 413–429. (Simotes theobaldi, new species, p. 417).
  • 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 theobaldi, p. 220, Figure 74).

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Taxon identifiers
Oligodon theobaldi
Simotes theobaldi


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