Oligodon nikhili

Oligodon nikhili
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. nikhili
Binomial name
Oligodon nikhili Whitaker & Dattatri, 1982

Oligodon nikhili, known commonly as Nikhil's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Palani Hills of southern India. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Etymology

Both the specific name, nikhili, and the common name, Nikhil's kukri snake, are in honor of Nikhil Whitaker (born 1979), the son of herpetologist Romulus Whitaker. ^[4]

References

1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Thakur, S.; Mohapatra, P. (2013). "Oligodon nikhili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T15199A585677. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15199A585677.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN   978-8190187305.
3. Whitaker R, Dattatri S (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, south India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.79 (3): 630-631. (Oligodon nikhili, new species).
4. 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 nikhili p. 190).