Oligodon hamptoni

Oligodon hamptoni
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. hamptoni
Binomial name
Oligodon hamptoni Boulenger, 1918

Oligodon hamptoni, also known commonly as Hampton's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype. ^[2]

Geographic range

O. hamptoni is found in southwestern China (Yunnan), ^[3] and in northern Myanmar. ^{[1] [3]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. hamptoni is forest, at elevations of 300–1,925 m (984–6,316 ft). ^{[3] [4]}

Description

O. hamptoni is strikingly colored. Dorsally, it is striped with yellow, reddish brown, bluish gray, and black. Ventrally, it is red with black bars on the body, and uniformly red on the tail. The holotype has a total length of 54 cm (21 in), which includes a tail length of 7 cm (2.8 in). ^[3]

Reproduction

O. hamptoni is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Wogan, G. (2012). "Oligodon hamptoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192106A2040520. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192106A2040520.en . Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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 hamptoni, p. 115).
3. Oligodon hamptoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 July 2023.
4. Lee JL et al. (2021).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1918). "Description of a new Snake of the Genus Oligodon from Upper Burma". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1918: 9–10. (Oligodon hamptoni, new species, pp. 9–10, Text-figure 1, three views of head and neck).
• Lee JL, Yang J-H, Yushchenko P, Poyarkiov NA Jr (2021). "Rediscovery and distribution extension of the rare Kukri Snake, Oligodon hamptoni Boulenger, 1918 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae), with the first record of this species from China". Herpetozoa34: 13–21.
• 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 hamptoni, pp. 235–236).