Oligodon perkinsi

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: Oligodon perkinsi

Name

• Oligodon perkinsi (Taylor, 1925)

Holotype: MCZ 25725, ♀ (formerly EHT 1164).

Type locality: “at Culion, Culion Island”, Calamianes group, Philippines.

Combinations

• Holarchus perkinsi Taylor, 1925: 108 [original combination]
• Oligodon perkinsi — Leviton, 1963: 476 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1925. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, IV. Philippine Journal of Science 26(1): 97–111. Reference page. 
• Leviton, A.E. [1962] 1963. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes. I. The snakes of the genus Oligodon. Philippine Journal of Science 91(4): 459–484.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligodon perkinsi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2018.
• Brown, R. & Afuang, L. 2009. IUCN: Oligodon perkinsi  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169898A6687762. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169898A6687762.en

Vernacular names

English: Perkin's Short-headed Snake