Oligodon kampucheaensis

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 kampucheaensis

Name

Oligodon kampucheaensis Neang, Grismer & Daltry, 2012: 44

• Holotype: CBC 01464, adult ♂, collected by Thy Neang, Seiha Hun and Moeun Meang on 27 January 2011.
• Type locality: “Chruk Prul stream at N 12°11’55.1”, E 103°03’35.3”, 330 m above sea level in the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, Pursat Province, southwest Cambodia”.
• Etymology: The name is in reference to the country Kampuchea (Cambodia) in which the type locality is located and to which this species is presumed to be endemic.

References

Primary references

• Neang, T., Grismer, L.L. & Daltry, J.C. 2012. A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia. Zootaxa 3388(1): 41–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3388.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligodon kampucheaensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 August 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cambodian Kukri Snake

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