Oligodon moricei
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.[2]

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.[3]

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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