Oligodon ornatus

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 ornatus

Name

Oligodon ornatus Van Denburgh, 1909: 53

• Holotype: CAS 18005, ♂, collected by V. Kühne on 7 March 1909.
• Type locality: “Shinchiku [=Hsinchu], Formosa [=Taiwan]”.

Synonyms

• 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”.

References

Primary references

• 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

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligodon ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 October 2019.
• 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

Vernacular names

English: Ornate Kukri Snake