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Oligodon lacroixi ANGEL & BOURRET, 1933

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lacroix Kukri Snake
Chinese: 圆斑小头蛇 
SynonymOligodon lacroixi ANGEL & BOURRET 1933: 138
Opisthotropis Lacroixi ANGEL & BOURRET 1933
Oligodon lacroixi — SMITH 1943: 236
Oligodon lacroixi — PAUWELS et al. 2002
Oligodon lacroixi — DAVID & VOGEL 2012
Oligodon lacroixi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 499
Oligodon lacroixi — NGUYEN et al. 2020
Oligodon lacroixi — DAVID et al. 2022 
DistributionN Vietnam, Laos,
China (Yunnan, Sichuan)

Type locality: Chapa, Tonkin (= Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province, N Vietnam)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 1933.0001; paralectotype: MNHN-RA 1994.1365 (formerly MNHN-RA 1933.0001A); other specimens: ZISP, KIZ 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (953 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentPope (1935) suspected that O. lacroixi may be conspecific with burmanese O. hamptoni Boulenger, 1918 
References
  • Angel, F. & BOURRET,R. 1933. Sur une pe tite collection de serpents du Tonkin. Descriptions d'espèce nouvelles. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 58: 129-140
  • DAVID, PATRICK & GERNOT VOGEL 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3201: 58–68 - get paper here
  • David, Patrick; Sjon Hauser & Gernot Vogel 2022. A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS Oligodon FITZINGER, 1826 (REPTILIA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM SOUTHERN LAOS TAPROBANICA 11 (1): 12-24 - get paper here
  • DAVID, PATRICK; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, KE JIANG, TIANBO CHEN, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos. Zootaxa 3498: 45–62 - get paper here
  • Deng Qixian, Wang Shizhao Wu Guangju 1994. A NEW RECORD OF SNAKES IN SICHUAN PROVINCE - THE DISCOVERY OF OLIGODON LACROIXI ANGEL ET BOURRET. Journal of China West Normal University(Natural Sciences) 1994-02 - get paper here
  • Ebert, M. 2016. Erstnachzucht der Lacroix-Kukri-Natter (Oligodon lacroixi). Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (5): 62-69 - get paper here
  • He X R; Yang D T 1979. A new record of Chinese snake from Yunnan. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 4 (1): 97
  • Lee JL, Yang J-H, Yushchenko P, Poyarkov Jr NA 2021. Rediscovery and distribution extension of the rare Kukri Snake, Oligodon hamptoni Boulenger, 1918 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae), with the first record of this species from China. Herpetozoa 34: 13-21 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • Orlov, N. L., S. A. Ryabov, N. Van Sang and N. Q. Truong 2003. New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 10: 217-240 - get paper here
  • Orlov, Nikolai L.; Sergei A. Ryabov, Tao Thien Nguyen, and Truong Quang Nguyen 2010. Rediscovery and Redescription of Two Rare Snake Species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) [Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae] from Fansipan Mountains, Northern Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (4): 310-322 - get paper here
  • Pauwels, O.S.G., Wallach, V., David, P. & Chanhome, L. 2002. A New Species of Oligodon (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Peninsular Thailand. Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University, 2 (2): 7-18 - get paper here
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