Oligodon cyclurus cyclurus

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 cyclurus
Subspecies: Oligodon cyclurus cyclurus

Name

Oligodon cyclurus cyclurus (Cantor, 1839)

Type locality: Bankok, Thailand.

Neotype: USNM 72067.

Synonyms

• Coronella cyclura Cantor, 1839: 50
• Oligodon cyclurus — Smith, 1943: 202

References

• Cantor, T.E. 1839: Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [part 1]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 31–34.
• Wall, F. 1908: Remarks on some recently acquired snakes. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 778–784.
• Schleich, H.H. & Kästle, W. 2002: Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koeltz, Königstein, 1200 pp. [review in Reptilia 40: 87].
• Oligodon cyclurus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cantor's Kukri Snake