Oligodon transcaspicus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Holotype: ZISP 9868 collected by N. Kinschin in 1901

Type locality: “Kopet-Dag, Transcaspia” (now Köpet–Dag Mountain Range, near Ashgabat, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan)

Nikolsky A.M. 1902. Gady i ryby (Herpetiles and Fishes). St. Petersburg: Brockhaus-Efron publishing. 872 (in Russian and Latin)
Nikolsky A.M. 1903. Contia transcaspica n. sp. (Ophidia, Colubridae) Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l’Académie des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 8(1):11-13 (in Russian and Latin, with French titles)
Lee J.L., Yushchenko P.V., Milto K.D., Rajabizadeh M., Rastegar Pouyani E., Jablonski D., Masroor R., Karunarathna S., Mallik A.K., Dsouza P., Orlov N., Nazarov R., Poyarkov N.A.. 2023. Kukri snakes Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 of the Western Palearctic with the resurrection of Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae) PeerJ 11:e15185 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15185