Oligodon teyniei DAVID, HAUSER & VOGEL, 2022
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Oligodon teyniei
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Teynié’s Kukri Snake F: Oligodon de Teynié G: Teynié’s Kukri Natter |
| Synonym | Oligodon teyniei DAVID, HAUSER & VOGEL 2022: 13 |
| Distribution | Laos (Champasak) Type locality: immediate vicinity of Ban Kiatngong (or Ban Khiet Ngong; 14°46'15''N, 106°02'16''E; alt. 90–300 m a.s.l.), at the northern limit of Xepian National Protected Area (Xepian NPA), Pathomphon District, Champasak Province, Laos |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MNHN-RA-2003.3332, a juvenile specimen (TL 164 mm), most probably female, collected by Alexandre Teynié on 30 May 2003. Paratype. QSMI 1700, a male probably adult (TL 300 mm), from Don Không (or Không Island; Don‖ meaning island), collected on the circular border road of the island on the side of its east bank, about 8 km north of Muang Không (a small town at 14°7'4''N, 105°50'55''E; alt. ca. 100 m a.s.l.), Champasak Province, Laos; found dead on the road in poor condition by Sjon Hauser on 6 December 2004. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Oligodon characterized by the combination of (1) 15-15-15 dorsal scale rows; (2) 11 maxillary teeth in the holotype, the last three strongly enlarged; (3) hemipenis not forked, thick and bulbous, not spinose or with only minute spines; (4) cloacal plate entire; (5) 150–159 ventral plates (n=2); (6) tail short in the female holotype (ratio TaL/TL: 0.104); (7) complement of head scales complete, including one loreal on each side; (8) 7 or 8 supralabials, 4-5 or 3-4 touching the eye; (9) dorsal pattern made of a bright reddish-brown background colour (in life or freshly killed in the case of the paratype) with 29–30 pale cream or pale ochre-brown, dark-edged, narrow crossbands on the body, not extending to the ventral plates; and (10) venter uniform cream-yellow in preservative (pink in life or freshly-killed) with a few faint, blackish-brown, irregular flecks on the tips of ventral plates on the anterior part of the venter. (David et al. 2022) Additional details (13660 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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