Oligodon taeniolatus explained

The streaked kukri snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. It is also known as the variegated kukri. The IUCN lists the species as least concern.^[1]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the British physician and zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1853 as Coronella taeniolata.

There are two subspecies:

• Oligodon taeniolatus taeniolatus (Jerdon 1853)
• Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus (Günther 1864)

Distribution

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S. Turkmenistan, E. Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Sub-species: fasciatus).

Literature

• Bauer, A.M. 2003 On the status of the name Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) and its long-ignored senior synonym and secondary homonym, Oligodon taeniolatus (Daudin, 1803). Hamadryad 27: 205–213.
• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Dotsenko I B 1984 Morphological characters and ecological peculiarities of Oligodon taeniolatus (Serpentes, Colubridae). Vestnik Zoologii 1984 (4): 23-26
• Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 2. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii: 522-534 [1853]
• Wall, Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages

External links

• http://members.fortunecity.com/ukp001/naja/colubridae/oligodon_taeniolatus.htm
• http://www.indiansnakes.org/content/russells-kukri

Notes and References

1. Papenfuss, T. . Shafiei Bafti, S. . Ananjeva, N. . Orlov, N. . 2010 . Oligodon taeniolatus . 2010 . e.T164701A5918964 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164701A5918964.en . 3 June 2022.