Oligodon purpurascens

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

Oligodon purpurascens (Schlegel, 1837)

Type locality: Java.

Xenodon purpurascens Schlegel, 1837: 90
Xenodon purpurascens - Schlegel, 1839
Simotes tri-notatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 631
Simotes albocinctus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 633 (nec Coronella albocincta Cantor 1839)
Simotes purpurascens - Bleeker, 1857
Simotes purpurascens var. C - Günther, 1858
Simotes trinotatus - Günther, 1864
Simotes labuanensis Günther, 1864
Simotes catenifer Stoliczka, 1873
Simotes dennysi Blanford, 1881
Simotes affinis Fischer, 1886: 8
Simotes labuanensis — Boulenger, 1885: 389
Simotes labuanensis - Boettger, 1887
Simotes purpurascens var. labuanensis - Boettger, 1898
Simotes purpurascens — Boulenger, 1894
Dicraulax purpurascens - Cope, 1895
Simotes purpurascens var. trinotata - Boettger, 1898
Simotes purpurascens var. B - Werner, 1900
Holarchus purpurascens - Barbour, 1912
Oligodon purpurascens - Wall, 1923
Oligodon purpurascens purpurascens - Haas, 1950
Oligodon purpurascens — Haile, 1958
Oligodon purpurascens — Hendrickson, 1966: 67
Olygodon [sic] purpurascens — Schulz, 1988
Oligodon purpurescens — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 371
Oligodon purpurascens — Cox et al., 1998: 59
Oligodon purpuracens — Chan-Ard et al., 1999 (in error)
Oligodon purpurascens — Inger & Voris, 2001

Schlegel, H. 1837: Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum).
Hendrickson, J.R. 1966: Observations on the fauna of Pulau Tioman and Pulau Tulai. 5. The Reptiles. Bull. Nat. Mus. Singapore 34: 53–71.
Inger, R.F. & Voris, H.K. 2001: The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891.
Oligodon purpurascens at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 sep 2008.

English: Brown Kukri Snake