Oligodon speleoserpens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 speleoserpens

Name

Oligodon speleoserpens Pawangkhanant, Poyarkov, Ward-Smith, Grassby-Lewis, Sumontha, Kliukin, Idiiatullina, Trofimets, Suwannapoom & Lee, 2024: 364

• Holotype: ZMMU Re-17696 (field number ISS-128), adult ♂, collected by Parinya Pawangkhanant and Sabira S. Idiiatullina on 20 January 2023.
• Type locality: “at the entrance of Tham Le Stegodon Cave, Satun Province, Thailand (7.158315°N, 99.802631°E, 28 meters elevation)”.

References

Primary references

• Pawangkhanant, P., Poyarkov, N.A., Ward-Smith, H., Grassby-Lewis, R., Sumontha, M., Kliukin, N.S., Idiiatullina, S.S., Trofimets, A.V., Suwannapoom, C. & Lee, J.L. 2024. A new species of karst-associated kukri snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from southern Thailand. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 359–379. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e112132 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Cave Kukri