Oligodon moricei

Oligodon moricei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: O. moricei
Binomial name
Oligodon moricei
David, Vogel & van Rooijen, 2008

Oligodon moricei, commonly known as the Morice's kukri snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to south Vietnam. This species 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.[2]

References

  1. Nguyen, T.Q. & Vogel, G. (2011). "Oligodon moricei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. David, Patrick, Gernot Vogel, and Johan Van Rooijen. "A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region." Zootaxa 1965 (2008): 1-49.

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