Oligodon cyclurus

Cantor's Kukri Snake
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. cyclurus
Binomial name
	Oligodon cyclurus; (Cantor, 1839)
Synonyms
	Coronella cyclura CANTOR 1839; Coronella violacea CANTOR 1839; Simotes bicatenatus GÜNTHER 1864; Simotes cochinchinensis GÜNTHER 1864; Simotes brevicauda STEINDACHNER 1867; Simotes bicatenatus — ANDERSON 1871; Simotes bicatenatus — STOLICZKA 1873; Simotes cyclurus — BOULENGER 1890; Simotes cyclurus — WALL 1908; Simotes albocinctus dorsolateralis WALL 1909 (fide WAGNER, pers. comm.); Simotes albocinctus var. dorsolateralis — WALL 1910; Holarchus cyclurus — SMITH 1920; Oligodon purpurascens WALL 1923 (non SCHLEGEL); Simotes smithi WERNER 1925 (fide SMITH 1928); Holarchus purpurascens — COCHRAN 1930; Oligodon cyclurus — SMITH 1943: 202; Oligodon dorsolateralis — TAYLOR 1965; Rhynchocalamus violaceus; Olygodon [sic] cyclurus — SCHULZ 1988; Oligodon dorsolateralis — DAS 1996: 58; Oligodon dorsolateralis — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 34; Oligodon dorsolateralis — PAUWELS et al. 2002; Oligodon cyclurus — GREEN et al. 2010; Oligodon cyclurus — DAVID et al. 2011; Oligodon cyclurus — WALLACH et al. 2014;

Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor's kukri snake) is a species of snake found in Asia. It was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839.^[3]

Distribution

India (Assam), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan).

Oligodon cyclurus dorsolateralis: Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), India (Assam).

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Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
Cantor, T. E. 1839 Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 7: 31–34, 49–55.
Das, I. (1996). Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida.
Grossmann, W. (1992). Beitrag zur Biologie der Kukri-Natter Oligodon cyclurus smithi (WERNER, 1925). Sauria 14 (2): 3–10.

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Cantor's Kukri Snake
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. cyclurus
Binomial name
*Oligodon cyclurus* (Cantor, 1839)
Synonyms
Coronella cyclura CANTOR 1839 Coronella violacea CANTOR 1839 Simotes bicatenatus GÜNTHER 1864 Simotes cochinchinensis GÜNTHER 1864 Simotes brevicauda STEINDACHNER 1867 Simotes bicatenatus — ANDERSON 1871 Simotes bicatenatus — STOLICZKA 1873 Simotes cyclurus — BOULENGER 1890 Simotes cyclurus — WALL 1908 Simotes albocinctus dorsolateralis WALL 1909 (fide WAGNER, pers. comm.) Simotes albocinctus var. dorsolateralis — WALL 1910 Holarchus cyclurus — SMITH 1920 Oligodon purpurascens WALL 1923 (non SCHLEGEL) Simotes smithi WERNER 1925 (fide SMITH 1928) Holarchus purpurascens — COCHRAN 1930 Oligodon cyclurus — SMITH 1943: 202 Oligodon dorsolateralis — TAYLOR 1965 Rhynchocalamus violaceus Olygodon [sic] cyclurus — SCHULZ 1988 Oligodon dorsolateralis — DAS 1996: 58 Oligodon dorsolateralis — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 34 Oligodon dorsolateralis — PAUWELS et al. 2002 Oligodon cyclurus — GREEN et al. 2010 Oligodon cyclurus — DAVID et al. 2011 Oligodon cyclurus — WALLACH et al. 2014^[2]