Oligodon dorsalis

Oligodon dorsalis, the Bengalese kukri snake, Gray's kukri snake, or spot-tailed kukri snake, is a species of snake. It is found in Northeast India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand.[1][2]

Gray's kukri snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. dorsalis
Binomial name
Oligodon dorsalis
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[2]

Elaps dorsalis Gray in Gray and Hardwicke, 1934

References

  1. Khan, M.; Vogel, G.; Wogan, G. (2021). "Oligodon dorsalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T191992A2025041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T191992A2025041.en. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. Oligodon dorsalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 February 2023.

Further reading

  • Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
  • Gray. J. E. 1834 Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833–1834): 263 pp., 95 plates


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