Oligodon moricei

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Oligodon moricei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. moricei
Binomial name
Oligodon moricei

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.

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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]

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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).

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