Oligodon cyclurus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: Oligodon cyclurus
Subspecies: O. c. cyclurus – O. c. smithi

Name

Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor, 1839)

Type locality: Bankok, Thailand.

Neotype: USNM 72067.

Synonyms

• Coronella cyclura Cantor, 1839: 50
• Coronella violacea Cantor, 1839
• Simotes bicatenatus Günther, 1864
• Simotes fasciolatus Günther, 1864
• Simotes cochinchinensis Günther, 1864
• Simotes brevicauda Steindachner, 1867
• Simotes fasciolatus — Fischer, 1881: 228
• Simotes cyclurus — Boulenger, 1890
• Simotes cyclurus — Wall, 1908: 780
• Simotes albocinctus dorsolateralis Wall, 1909 (fide Wagner, pers. comm.)
• Simotes albocinctus var. dorsolateralis — Wall, 1910
• Holarchus cyclurus — Smith, 1920
• Oligodon purpurascens Wall, 1923 (non Schlegel)
• Simotes smithi Werner, 1925
• Holarchus purpurascens — Cochran, 1930
• Oligodon kheriensis Acharji & Ray, 1936
• Oligodon cyclurus — Smith, 1943: 202
• Olygodon [sic] cyclurus — Schulz, 1988
• Oligodon kheriensis — Das, 1996
• Oligodon dorsolateralis — Das, 1996: 58
• Oligodon fasciolatus — Cox et al., 1998: 59
• Oligodon dorsolateralis — Chan-Ard et al., 1999: 34
• Oligodon dorsolateralis — Pauwels et al., 2002
• Oligodon fasciolatus — David et al., 2004
• Oligodon kheriensis — Schleich & Kästle, 2004

References

• Cantor, T.E. 1839: Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [part 1]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1839: 31–34.
• Wall, F. 1908: Remarks on some recently acquired snakes. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 778–784.
• Schleich, H.H. & Kästle, W. 2002: Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koeltz, Königstein, 1200 pp. [review in Reptilia 40: 87].
• Oligodon cyclurus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cantor's Kukri Snake