Oligodon albocinctus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839)

Lectotype: specimen illustrated in colored sketch of T.E. Cantor (1834–1837) in RSL. [designated by Smith (1943: 211)]
Type locality: “Chirra Púnji [= Cherrapunji], Asám”, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya State, NE India.

Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium Serpentium Indicorum B. Innocuous Serpents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 7(1): 49–55. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis: London. xviii + 541 pp. BHL Reference page.
Pope, C.H. 1935. The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards. American Museum of Natural History: New York. lii + 604 pp., 27 pls. BHL Reference page.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page.

Lee, J.L., Yushchenko, P.V., Pal, S., Deepak, V., Vogel, G., Poyarkov, N.A., Bauer, A.M. & Lalremsanga, H.T. 2025. Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5714(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5714.1.1 Reference page.

Khan, M., Ghosh, A., Hasan, M.K., Wangyal, J.T. & Tshewang, S. 2021. IUCN: Oligodon albocinctus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T191908A2014057. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T191908A2014057.en. Accessed on 08 October 2025.