Oligodon vertebralis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Oligodon iwahigensis Griffin 1909 • Oligodon notospilus GÜnther 1873: 169 • Oligodon schadenbergi Boettger 1895 • Oligodon vertebralis notospilus GÜnther 1873 • Oligodon vertebralis vertebralis< /i> (GÜnther 1865) • Oligodon vertebralis — Boulenger 1894 • Oligodon vertebralis — Das & Yaakob 2007 • Oligodon vertebralis — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 373 • Simotes vertebralis GÜnther 1865

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: holotype: BMNH O. v. notospilus is a valid species (F. WAGNER, pers. comm. )

Similar Species

Members of the genus Oligodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 54 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. affinis (Western Kukri Snake) · O. albocinctus (Light-Barred Kukri Snake) · O. ancorus (Northern Short-Headed Snake) · O. annulifer (Ringed Kukri Snake) · O. arnensis (Russet Kukri Snake) · O. barroni (Barron's Kukri Snake) · O. brevicauda (Shorthead Kukri Snake) · O. catenata (Assam Kukri Snake) · O. chinensis (Chinese Kukri Snake) · O. cinereus (Ashy Kukri Snake) · O. cinereus cinereus (Günther's Kukri Snake) · O. cruentatus (Pegu Kukri Snake) · O. cyclurus (Cantor's Kukri Snake) · O. cyclurus cyclurus (Cantor's Kukri Snake) · O. dorsalis (Gray's Kukri Snake) · O. durheimi (Durheim's Kukri Snake) · O. erythrogaster (Nagarkot Kukri Snake) · O. erythrorhachis (Namsang Kukri Snake) · O. everetti (Everett's Kukri Snake) · O. forbesi (Forbes' Kukri Snake) · O. formosanus (Formosa Kukri Snake) · O. inornatus (Inornate Kukri Snake) · O. joynsoni (Grey Kukri Snake) · O. juglandifer (Walnut Kukri Snake) · O. lacroixi (Lacroix Kukri Snake) · O. macrurus (Angel's Kukri Snake) · O. maculatus (Barred Short-Headed Snake) · O. mcdougalli (Mcdougall's Kukri Snake) · O. melaneus (Bluebelly Kukri Snake) · O. melanozonatus (Abor Hills Kukri Snake) · O. meyerinkii (Sulu Short-Headed Snake) · O. modestum (Spotted-Bellied Short-Headed Snake) · O. mouhoti (Cambodian Kukri Snake) · O. multizonatus (Luding Kukri Snake) · O. nikhili (Nikhil's Kukri Snake) · O. ningshaanensis (Ningshaan Kukri Snake) · O. ocellatus (Ocellated Kukri Snake) · O. octolineatus ((Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake) · O. ornatus (Ornate Kukri Snake) · O. perkinsi (Perkin's Short-Headed Snake) · O. purpurascens (Braune-Kukrinatter) · O. signatus (Barred (Or Banded) Kukri Snake) · O. splendidus (Splendid Kukri Snake) · O. subcarinatus (Beautiful Kukri Snake) · O. sublineatus (Dum?ril's Kukri Snake) · O. taeniatus (Striped Kukri Snake) · O. taeniolatus (Loos Snake) · O. taeniolatus taeniolatus (Streaked Kukuri Snake) · O. theobaldi (Theobald's Kukri Snake) · O. travancoricus (Travancore Kukri Snake) · O. trilineatus (Three-Lined Kukri Snake) · O. venustus (Jerdon's Kukri Snake) · O. vertebralis (Vertebral Kukri Snake) · O. waandersi (Bleek's Kukri Snake)

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Further Reading

• A contribution to the zoögeography of the East Indian islands / 1912 Cambridge, U.S.A.: printed for the Museum, 1912. url p. 195.
• Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger. London, Trustees of the B.M., 1893-96. url p. 245.
• Catalogue of the snakes in the. .. Museum / by G.A. Boulenger. London, 1893-1896. url p. 245.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 393.
• The reptiles of the Indo-Australian archipelago / by Nelly de Rooij. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1915-1917. url p. 133, p. 133, p. 133, p. 297, p. 297, p. 297, p. 327, p. 327, p. 327.
• The snakes of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922. url .

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2543069
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-5183
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617918

Footnotes

1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]

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