Oligodon macrurus

Taxonavigation

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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 macrurus

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Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927)

Holotype: MNHN-RA 1928.0119, an adult male, collected by M. Pierre Chevey on 17 May 1926 (Chevey 1927). Lost fide Nguyen et al. (2009) and Uetz et al. (2019).

Type locality: “Annam: Pointe Lagan (sur les dunes)” (now Cape Lagan or Mui La Gan, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam, 11°10′N, 108°42′E)

Neotype: ZFMK 88885, an adult male, collected by Peter Geissler on 27 April 2009.

Type locality: “coastal dune area about 1 km from the coast line”, Mui Ne, Binh Thuan Province (10°57’N, 108°19’E)

Synonyms

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  • Simotes violaceus macrurus Angel, 1927 (protonym)
  • Holarchus violaceus macrurusBourret, 1936
  • Oligodon macrurusSmith, 1935: 207
  • Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015: 212
    • Holotype: ZMMU R-14503 (field ID ZMMU ABV–00813), adult ♂, collected by Anna B. Vassilieva on 14 November 2014.
    • Type locality: “Binh Chau–Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, Xuen Moc District, Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, coordinates 10°29'46"N, 107°27'54"E, elevation 5 m a.s.l.”.

References

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  • Angel, F. 1927: Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris 33: 497.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943: The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Oligodon macrurus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 sep 2008.
  • Vassilieva, A.B. 2015. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from coastal southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4058(2): 211–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.4. Preview (PDF).  Reference page
  • Platon V. Yushchenko, Justin L. Lee, Hieu Minh Pham, Peter Geissler, Elena V. Syromyatnikova, Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr. 2023: The taxonomic status of the kukri snake Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015 with a redescription of Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927) (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 97–125. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e96958
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Vernacular names

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English: Angel's Kukri Snake