Oligodon barroni

Oligodon barroni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1][2]

Oligodon barroni

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. barroni
Binomial name
Oligodon barroni
(M.A. Smith, 1916)
Synonyms[2]
  • Simotes barroni
    M.A. Smith, 1916
  • Holarchus taeniatus caudaensis
    Bourret, 1934
  • Oligodon barroni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Etymology

The specific name, barroni, is in honor of Mr. P.A.R. Barron who collected the first three specimens including the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

O. barroni is found in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.[1]

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References

  1. "Oligodon barroni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. Oligodon barroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon barroni, p. 18).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard, [Mr.] Tanya; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin; Parr, John W. K. (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0199876181.
  • Smith MA (1916). "Descriptions of Three New Lizards and a New Snake from Siam". J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 2 (1): 44–47. (Simotes barroni, new species, pp. 46–47).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Oligodon barroni, new combination, pp. 210–211, Figure 68).


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