Oligodon bitorquatus

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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: Oligodon bitorquatus

Name

Oligodon bitorquatus (Boie, 1827)

• Lectotype: RMNH 10429 (formerly RMNH 53), collected by S. Müller between 1825–1827. [designated by Inger in Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 494)]
• Type locality: “Java”.

Combinations

• Coluber bitorquatus Boie, 1827: 536 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Calamaria oligodon Schlegel, 1837
• Oligodon subquadratum Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
• Rhabdosoma amboinense Bleeker, 1860

References

Primary references

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg, 1820. 1te Lieferung, Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6): 508–566. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kopstein, F. 1938. Ein Beitrag zur Eierkunde und zur Fortpflanzung der Malaiischen Reptilien. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 14: 81–167. Reference page. 

Links

• Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2012. IUCN: Oligodon bitorquatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192032A2030912. Accessed on 18 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Boie's Kukri Snake