Oligodon annamensis LEVITON, 1953

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Leviton’s kukri snake, Annam Kukri Snake Vietnamese: Răn khiêm trung bo Russian: Annamskiy oligodon
Synonym	Oligodon annamensis LEVITON 1953 Oligodon annamensis — GREEN et al. 2010 Oligodon annamensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 483 Oligodon annamensis — NGUYEN et al. 2020
Distribution	Vietnam (Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Annam), Cambodia, Thailand (Chanthaburi) Type locality: Station Agricale, Blao, Haut Donai, Annam (Vietnam) [= Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province]
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: USNM 90408, young female
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1785 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Status: Not Evaluated.
Etymology	The specific name ‘‘annamensis’’ is a Latin adjective derived from ‘‘Annam’’, the historical name of Truong Son Mountains and central Vietnam.
References	Das, I. 2010. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Southeast Asia. New Holland, London. 376 pp. [book review in Sauria 33 (3): 51, and Russ. J. Herp. 18: 325] - get paper here Green, Marc D.; Nikolai L. Orlov and Robert W. Murphy 2010. Toward a Phylogeny of the Kukri Snakes, Genus Oligodon. Asian Herpetological Research 1 (1): 1-21 - get paper here Leviton A. E. 1960. Notes on the second specimen of the snake Oligodon annamensis Leviton. Wasmann Journal of Biology 18: 305–307 - get paper here Leviton, Alan E. 1953. A new snake of the genus Oligodon from Annam. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 43 (12): 422-424 - get paper here Neang, Thy and Seiha Hun. 2013. First record of Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cardamom Mountains of southwest Cambodia. Herpetology Notes 6: 271-273. NEANG, THY; L. LEE GRISMER & JENNIFER C. DALTRY 2012. A new species of kukri snake (Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, Cardamom Mountains, southwest Cambodia. Zootaxa 3388: 41–55 - get paper here Nguyen HN, Tran BV, Nguyen LH, Neang T, Yushchenko PV, Poyarkov NA. 2020. A new species of Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam, with additional information on Oligodon annamensis Leviton, 1953 (Squamata: Colubridae). PeerJ 8: e8332 - get paper here Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. VASSILIEVA, ANNA B.; PETER GEISSLER, EDUARD A. GALOYAN, NIKOLAY Jr A. POYARKOV, ROBERT WAYNE VAN DEVENDER, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2013. A new species of Kukri Snake (Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826; Squamata: Colubridae) from the Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3702 (3): 233–246 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/416610733896864/ Google images

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