Oligodon cicadophagus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Oligodon cicadophagus Pauwels, Donbundit, Sumontha & Meesook, 2025: 347

• Holotype: CUMZ-R-2625 (field no.MS 922), adult ♂, collected by Punya Tulyasuk on 28 October 2021.
• Type locality: “a limestone cave (8°05’11.8”N, 98°52’39.7”E) at Sai Thai, Muang Krabi District, Krabi Province, southern Thailand”.

References

Primary references

• Pauwels, O.S.G., Donbundit, N., Sumontha, M. & Meesook, W. 2025. Oligodon cicadophagus, a new kukri snake from southern peninsular Thailand (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5569(2): 253–281. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.2.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Cicada-eating Kukri Snake