Oligodon ornatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Oligodon ornatus Van Denburgh, 1909: 53

Holarchus torquatus konishii Ōshima, 1910: 196
- Holotype: NTUM no. 84, collected by S. Konishi in August 1909.
- Type locality: “Urai, Shinkö, in the northern part of Formosa”.
Simotes musyi Roux, 1919: 61
- Holotype: NHMB, ♀, presented by M. Musy.
- Type locality: “province de Fokien”.

Van Denburgh, J. 1909. New and previously unrecorded species of reptiles and amphibians from the island of Formosa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 3: 49–56. BHL Reference page.
Ōshima, M. 1910. An annotated list of Formosan snakes, with descriptions of four new species and one new subspecies. Annotationes zoologicae japonenses 7(3): 185–207. BHL
Roux, J. 1919. Sur un nouveau serpent (Simotes musyi) provenant de la Chine. Revue suisse de zoologie 27(3): 61–63. BHL

Xu, Y.-H., Zhang, T.-R., Genter, B.W., Cai, B., Qi, S., Ma, S., Sun, F.-Y., Liao, C.-X., Poyarkov, N.A., Vogel, G., Lee, J.L. & Peng, L.-F. 2026. Redescription and systematics of Oligodon ornatus Van Denburgh, 1909, and two enigmatic related species (Squamata, Colubridae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(1): 315–346. DOI: 10.3897/zse.102.183157 Reference page.

Rao, D.-q., Zhou, Z., Li, P. & Wang, Y. 2012. IUCN: Oligodon ornatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192248A2061106. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192248A2061106.en. Accessed on 01 March 2026.