Oligodon theobaldi

Oligodon theobaldi, commonly known as the Mandalay kukri snake or Theobald's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Asia.

Oligodon theobaldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. theobaldi
Binomial name
Oligodon theobaldi
(Günther, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Simotes theobaldi
    Günther, 1868
  • Oligodon theobaldi
    — Wall, 1923

Etymology

The specific name, theobaldi, is in honor of British herpetologist William Theobald.[2]

Geographic range

O. theobaldi is found in Bangladesh, India (Assam), Myanmar (formerly called Burma), and Thailand.[3]

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References
  1. "Oligodon theobaldi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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 theobaldi, p. 264).
  3. "Amphibians of Thailand" (PDF). Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Simotes theobaldi, p. 315).
  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Simotes theobaldi, pp. 230–231 + Plate IX, figure 3).
  • Das I (2002). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of India. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Oligodon theobaldi, p. 41).
  • Green, Marc D.; Orlov, Nikolai L.; Murphy, Robert W. (2010). "Toward a Phylogeny of the Kukri Snakes, Genus Oligodon ". Asian Herpetological Research 2 (1): 1-21.
  • Günther A (1868). "Sixth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 1: 413–429. (Simotes theobaldi, new species, p. 417).
  • 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 theobaldi, p. 220, Figure 74).


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