Oligodon taeniolatus

Streaked kukri snake
Oligodon taeniolatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. taeniolatus
Binomial name
Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853)

The streaked kukri snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. It is also known as the variegated kukri. The IUCN lists the species as least concern. ^[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the British physician and zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1853 as Coronella taeniolata. ^[3]

There are two subspecies: ^[3]

• Oligodon taeniolatus taeniolatus (Jerdon 1853)
• Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus (Günther 1864)

Distribution

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S. Turkmenistan, E. Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Sub-species: fasciatus).

Literature

• Bauer, A.M. 2003 On the status of the name Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) and its long-ignored senior synonym and secondary homonym, Oligodon taeniolatus (Daudin, 1803). Hamadryad 27: 205–213.
• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Dotsenko I B 1984 Morphological characters and ecological peculiarities of Oligodon taeniolatus (Serpentes, Colubridae). Vestnik Zoologii 1984 (4): 23-26
• Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 2. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii: 522-534 [1853]
• Wall, Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages

References

1. Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B.; Orlov, N.L.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Papenfuss, T.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.; Golynsky, E.; Munkhbayar, K.; Nuridjanov, D.; Shestopal, A. (2021). "Oligodon taeniolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T164701A1069218. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164701A1069218.en . Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. Papenfuss, T.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Ananjeva, N.; Orlov, N. (2010). "Oligodon taeniolatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T164701A5918964. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164701A5918964.en . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
3. Oligodon taeniolatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

External links

• http://members.fortunecity.com/ukp001/naja/colubridae/oligodon_taeniolatus.htm Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.indiansnakes.org/content/russells-kukri