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Oligodon fasciolatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fasciolated Kukri Snake 
SynonymSimotes fasciolatus GÜNTHER 1864
Simotes fasciolatus — FISCHER 1881: 228
Oligodon cyclurus smithi (WERNER, 1925)
Oligodon cyclurus superfluens TAYLOR 1965: 768
Oligodon fasciolatus — COX et al. 1998: 59 (?)
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 174
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2004
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — SCHMIDT & KUNZ 2005: 44
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — LONGHITANO 2007
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2008
Oligodon fasciolatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 497
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2022 
DistributionSE Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Yunnan)

Type locality: Bangkok, Thailand  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: USNM 72067 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (superfluens): Taylor 1965: 768 
CommentO. fasciolatus has 21 or 23 scale rows at midbody. O. fasciolatus has been previously synonymized with O. cylurus which has 19 scale rows and is restricted to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar fide PAUWELS et al. 2002.

Bahavior: While most species of Oligodon are docile, O. fasciolatus is said to have an aggressive disposition (SMITH 1943, TAYLOR 1965). 
References
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  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Chan-ard,T.; Grossmann,W.; Gumprecht,A. & Schulz,K. D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp. [book review in Russ. J Herp. 7: 87] - get paper here
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