Oligodon barroni

Oligodon barroni
Conservation status
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

Oligodon barroni, or Barron's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. ^{[1] [2]}

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, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. barroni is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,000 m (980–3,280 ft). ^[1]

Description

O. barroni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 40 cm (16 in). The dorsal scales are arranged in 17 rows at midbody. ^[2]

Diet

O. barroni feeds predominantly on eggs of small skinks and of other reptiles. ^[1]

Reproduction

O. barroni is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Thy, N.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Chan-Ard, T.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon barroni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T191934A2017565. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191934A2017565.en . Retrieved 25 September 2021.
2. Oligodon barroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 June 2019.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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 T, Nabhitabhata J, Parr JWK (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN   978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN   978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
• Smith MA (1916). "Descriptions of Three New Lizards and a New Snake from Siam". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam2 (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).