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Oligodon formosanus

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Oligodon formosanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. formosanus
Binomial name
Oligodon formosanus
(Günther, 1872)
Synonyms

Simotes formosanus Günther, 1872
Simotes hainanensis Boettger, 1894

Oligodon formosanus, also knowwn as the Formosa kukri snake or beautiful kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1][2]

The species epithet is named after its range in Taiwan (Formosa).

Description

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The scale colorings range in the brown-red spectrum. The body is a tawny light brown with two darker russet stripes running down either side of the spine, where thin black lines that break into smaller dotted patterns occasionally diagonally intersect. The underbelly is off-white.

Distribution

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The snake is found in China (including Hong Kong and Hainan), Japan (including Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Miyako and Yaeyama), Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c China Snakes Working Group (2014). "Oligodon formosanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T191938A2018062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T191938A2018062.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Oligodon formosanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 May 2017.