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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