- Oligodon taeniolatus
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Streaked Kukri Snake 
Oligodon taeniolatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Oligodon Species: O. taeniolatus Binomial name Oligodon taeniolatus
(Jerdon, 1853)Streaked Kukri Snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. Also known as the Variegated Kukri or the Russell's Kukri.
Distribution
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S. Turkmenistan, E. Iran, Afghanistan.
References
- Bauer, A.M. 2003 On the status of the name Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) and its long-ignored senior synonym and secondary homonym, Oligodon taeniolatus (Daudin, 1803). Hamadryad 27: 205-213.
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Dotsenko I B 1984 Morphological characters and ecological peculiarities of Oligodon taeniolatus (Serpentes, Colubridae). Vestnik Zoologii 1984 (4): 23-26
- Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 2. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii: 522-534 [1853]
- Wall, Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages
External links
- http://members.fortunecity.com/ukp001/naja/colubridae/oligodon_taeniolatus.htm
- Oligodon taeniolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Oligodon_taeniolatus.jpg
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- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Oligodon_taeniolatus4.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Oligodon_taeniolatus5.jpg
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