Oligodon amabilis (GÜNTHER, 1868)

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Light-barred Kukri Snake G: Weissflecken-Kukrinatter Chinese: 喜山小头蛇
Synonym	Simotes amabilis GÜNTHER 1868: 416 Simotes amabilis — THEOBALD 1868: 41 Oligodon amabilis — LEE et al. 2025
Distribution	Myanmar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types
Diagnosis	Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2526 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: Smith 1943 synonymized Simotes amabilis with Oligodon albocinctus. Lee et al. 2025 resurrected it in the genus OIigodon.
References	Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 1: 413-429 - get paper here Lee, J.L., Yushchenko, P.V., Pal, S., Deepak, V., Vogel, G., Poyarkov, N.A., Bauer, A.M. & Lalremsanga, H.T. 2025. Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5714 (1): 1–69 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp. - get paper here Theobald, William 1868. Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birma, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 10: 4-67. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator