Oligodon travancoricus

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 travancoricus

Name

Oligodon travancoricus Beddome, 1877

Type locality: India (Western Ghats south of Palghat).

Synonyms

• Oligodon travancoricum Beddome, 1877: 685
• Oligodon travancoricus — Boulenger, 1890
• Oligodon travancoricus — Smith, 1943: 223
• Oligodon travancoricum — Das, 1996: 58

References

• Beddome, R.H. 1878: Descriptions of new reptiles from the Madras Presidency. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1877: 685–686.
• Boulenger, George A. 1890: The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• 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 travancoricus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Travancore Kukri Snake