Oligodon macrurus

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 macrurus

Name

Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927)

Holotype: MNHN-RA 1928.0119, an adult male, collected by M. Pierre Chevey on 17 May 1926 (Chevey 1927). Lost fide Nguyen et al. (2009) and Uetz et al. (2019).

Type locality: “Annam: Pointe Lagan (sur les dunes)” (now Cape Lagan or Mui La Gan, Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam, 11°10′N, 108°42′E)

Neotype: ZFMK 88885, an adult male, collected by Peter Geissler on 27 April 2009.

Type locality: “coastal dune area about 1 km from the coast line”, Mui Ne, Binh Thuan Province (10°57’N, 108°19’E)

Synonyms

• Simotes violaceus macrurus Angel, 1927 (protonym)
• Holarchus violaceus macrurus – Bourret, 1936
• Oligodon macrurus — Smith, 1935: 207
• Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015: 212
  • Holotype: ZMMU R-14503 (field ID ZMMU ABV–00813), adult ♂, collected by Anna B. Vassilieva on 14 November 2014.
  • Type locality: “Binh Chau–Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, Xuen Moc District, Ba Ria–Vung Tau Province, southern Vietnam, coordinates 10°29'46"N, 107°27'54"E, elevation 5 m a.s.l.”.

References

• Angel, F. 1927: Bull. Mus. natl. Hist. nat. Paris 33: 497.
• Smith, M.A. 1943: The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
• Oligodon macrurus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 sep 2008.
• Vassilieva, A.B. 2015. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from coastal southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 4058(2): 211–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.4. Preview (PDF).  Reference page. 
• Platon V. Yushchenko, Justin L. Lee, Hieu Minh Pham, Peter Geissler, Elena V. Syromyatnikova, Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr. 2023: The taxonomic status of the kukri snake Oligodon arenarius Vassilieva, 2015 with a redescription of Oligodon macrurus (Angel, 1927) (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 97–125. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e96958

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligodon macrurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Angel's Kukri Snake