Oligodon kampucheaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Oligodon kampucheaensis Neang, Grismer & Daltry, 2012: 44

Holotype: CBC 01464, adult ♂, collected by Thy Neang, Seiha Hun and Moeun Meang on 27 January 2011.
Type locality: “Chruk Prul stream at N 12°11’55.1”, E 103°03’35.3”, 330 m above sea level in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, Pursat Province, southwest Cambodia”.
Etymology: The name is in reference to the country Kampuchea (Cambodia) in which the type locality is located and to which this species is presumed to be endemic.

Neang, T., Grismer, L.L. & Daltry, J.C. 2012. A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia. Zootaxa 3388(1): 41–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3388.1.4 Reference page.

English: Cambodian Kukri Snake

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