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 subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern Vietnam.

Etymology

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

Description

The species Oligodon moricei 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.; Geissler, P.; Galoyan, E.A.; Poyarkov Jr., N.A.; Van Devender, R.W.; Böhme, W. (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