Oligodon formosanus
| Oligodon formosanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. formosanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon formosanus (Günther, 1872)
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| Synonyms | |
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Simotes formosanus Günther, 1872 | |
Oligodon formosanus (Formosa kukri snake or beautiful kukri snake) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.[1][2]
This snake is named after its range in Taiwan (Formosa).
Description[]
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.
Geographic range[]
The snake is found in China including Hong Kong and Hainan, Japan including Ryukyu Islands, mostly Okinawa, Miyako and Yaeyama, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Oligodon formosanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 May 2017.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Oligodon
- Snakes of China
- Snakes of Vietnam
- Snakes of Asia
- Reptiles of Hong Kong
- Reptiles of Japan
- Reptiles of Taiwan
- Reptiles of Vietnam
- Reptiles described in 1872
- Taxa named by Albert Günther
- Colubrid stubs