Oligodon ornatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Oligodon ornatus van Denburgh, 1909

Type locality: China.

Holotype: CAS 18005.

Synonyms

• Oligodon ornatus van Denburgh, 1909
• Holarchus torquatus konishii Oshima, 1910
• Simotes musyi Roux, 1919
• Oligodon ornatus — Pauwels et al., 2002

References

• Van Denburgh, John 1909: New and previously unrecorded species of reptiles and amphibians from the island of Formosa. Proc. California Acad. Sci., San Francisco, ser. 4, 3 (3): 49–56.
• Oshima, Masamitsu. 1910: An annotated list of Formosan snakes, with descriptions of four new species and one new subspecies. Annot. Zool. Japon., Tokyo, 7 (3): 185–207.
• Roux, Jean 1919: Sur un nouveau serpent (Simotes musyi) provenant de la Chine. Rev. Suisse Zool., Genève, 27 (3): 61–63.
• Oligodon ornatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ornate Kukri Snake