Oligodon moricei

Oligodon moricei
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. moricei
Binomial name
Oligodon moricei David, G. Vogel & van Rooijen, 2008

Oligodon moricei, commonly known as Morice's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Vietnam.

Etymology

The specific name, moricei, is in honor of French naturalist Albert Morice. ^[2]

Description

The species O. morecei differs from its cogenerates by the combination of a "rusty brown" vertebral stripe edged by two black stripes, 12 maxillary teeth, 17 dorsal scale rows, a large number of ventral scales, seven supralabials, and a dark belly. ^[3]

References

1. Nguyen, T.Q.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon moricei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192118A2042450. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192118A2042450.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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 moricei, p. 183).
3. David, Patrick; Vogel, Gernot; van Rooijen, Johan (2008). "A revision of the Oligodon taeniatus (Günther, 1861) group (Squamata: Colubridae), with the description of three new species from the Indochinese Region". Zootaxa1965: 1-49. (Oligodon moricei, new species, pp. 40-44).

Further reading

• Vassilieva, Anna B., et al. (2013). "A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam". Zootaxa3702 (3): 233–246. (Oligodon cattienensis, new species).
• Neang, Thy; Grismer, L. Lee; Daltry, Jennifer C. (2012). "A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia". Zootaxa3388: 41–55. (Oligodon kampucheaensis, new species).
• David, Patrick; Das, Indraneil; Vogel, Gernot (2011). "On some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Indian species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae)". Zootaxa2799: 1–14.

External links

• "Oligodon moricei". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• Species Oligodon moricei at The Reptile Database