Oligodon maculatus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Holotype: CM 2571 (formerly EHT 40).

Type locality: “Bunawan, Agusan, P. I. [=Philippines]”.

Taylor, E.H. 1918. Two new snakes of the genus Holarchus with descriptions of other Philippine species. Philippine Journal of Science 13(6): 359–369. BHL Reference page.
Leviton, A.E. [1962] 1963. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes. I. The snakes of the genus Oligodon. Philippine Journal of Science 91(4): 459–484.

Brown, W.C. & Alcala, A.C. 1970. The zoogeography of the herpetofauna of the Philippine Islands, a fringing archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 38(6): 105–130.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligodon maculatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 31 March 2018.
Diesmos, A. 2009. IUCN: Oligodon maculatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169798A6675231. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169798A6675231.en

English: Spotted Kukri Snake