Oligodon nikhili

Oligodon nikhili
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. nikhili
Binomial name
	Oligodon nikhili; Whitaker & Dattatri, 1982

Oligodon nikhili, known commonly as Nikhil's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Palni Hills of southern India.[2][3][4]

Etymology

Both the specific name, nikhili, and the common name, Nikhil's kukri snake, are in honor of Nikhil Whitaker (born 1979), the son of herpetologist Romulus Whitaker.[5]

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References

Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Thakur S, Mohapatra P (2013). "Oligodon nikhili ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T15199A585677. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15199A585677.en.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Oligodon nikhili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 12 May 2006.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.
Whitaker R, Dattatri S (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, south India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79 (3): 630-631. (Oligodon nikhili, new species).
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 nikhili p. 190).

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[IUCN-1] Srinivasulu C, Srinivasulu B, Thakur S, Mohapatra P (2013). "Oligodon nikhili ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T15199A585677. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15199A585677.en.

[iucn-2] World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Oligodon nikhili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 12 May 2006.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[3] Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.

[4] Whitaker R, Dattatri S (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, south India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79 (3): 630-631. (Oligodon nikhili, new species).

[5] 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 nikhili p. 190).