Oligodon woodmasoni

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 woodmasoni

Name

Oligodon woodmasoni (Sclater, 1891)

Type locality: India: Nicobar Islands.

Synonyms

• Simotes woodmasoni Sclater, 1891: 235
• Oligodon woodmasoni _ Wall, 1923
• Oligodon woodmasoni — Smith, 1943: 218
• Oligodon woodmasoni — Das, 1996: 58

References

• Sclater, W.L. 1891: Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230–250.
• 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.
• Vijayakumar, S.P. and Patrick David 2006: Taxonomy, Natural History, and Distribution of the snakes of the Nicobar Islands (India) based on new materials and with an emphasis on endemic species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13 (1): 11–40.
• Oligodon woodmasoni at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Woodmason's Kukri Snake