Oligodon nagao

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Oligodon nagao
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. nagao
Binomial name
Oligodon nagao
David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynié & Ziegler  [ fr; de ], 2012

Oligodon nagao, the Nagao kukri snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. [1] Specimens have been collected from Lang Son and Cao Bang in northern Vietnam, Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern People's Republic of China, and from Khammouane Province in central Laos PDR. [2]

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Description

It has 15 or 17 dorsal scale rows at its mid-body, a short tail which can be up to 107 mm and a body up to 680 mm in length. [3]

Distribution

Vietnam, Laos, China. [3]

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References

  1. Oligodon nagao at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 14 June 2019.
  2. David, P.; et al. "A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3702 (3): 233–246. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "New species of snake in Vietnam". TalkVietnam. Retrieved October 15, 2012.