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Oligodon octolineatus (SCHNEIDER, 1801)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake, Grace's Kukri Snake
G: Achtstreifen-Kukrinatter 
SynonymElaps octo-lineatus SCHNEIDER 1801: 299
Coluber octolineatus — SHAW 1802
Coronella octolineata — BOIE 1827
Simotes octolineatus — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 634
Simotes octolineatus — BOULENGER 1885: 389
Simotes octolineatus var. A — LAMPE 1902
Simotes octolineatus — LIDTH DE JEUDE 1922: 245
Holarchus octolineatus — BARBOUR 1912
Oligodon octolineatus — WALL 1923
Oligodon octolineatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 369
Oligodon octolineatus — TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010
Oligodon octolineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 501 
DistributionBrunei Darussalam;
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia)
Singapore Islands,
Indonesia (Nias, Sumatra, Riau Archipelago, Bangka, Billiton, Borneo, Java, Bali),
Philippines (?)

Type locality: Borneo; “Java” by neotype designation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: ZMB 2099 (designated by TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSimilar species: Gaulke (1996) allocates Oligodon specimens form Sibutu to O. meyerinkii but notes the similarity in coloration with O. octolineatus.

Distribution: The latest record of this species from Sulawesi is from DE ROOIJ, 1917. DE LANG & VOGEL (2005) and Koch 2012: 318 thus consider this species as doubtful for this island.

Synonymy mostly after TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin octo = eight, and linea = line. 
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