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Oligodon signatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barred (or Banded) Kukri Snake
G: Gebänderte Kukrinatter 
SynonymSimotes signatus GÜNTHER 1864
Simotes subcarinatus GÜNTHER 1872:595
Holarchus signatus — BARBOUR 1912
Holarchus subcarinatus — BARBOUR 1912:195.
Simotes annulifer — DE ROOIJ 1917
Simotes annulifer var. annulata LIDTH DE JEUDE 1922: 245
Oligodon subcarinatus — WALL 1923:328
Oligodon signatus — WALL 1923
Oligodon annulifer — WALL 1923
Simotes annulifer var. annulata — WERNER 1929
Oligodon annulifer annulata — HAAS 1950
Oligodon signatus — TWEEDIE 1954
Oligodon signatus — HENDRICKSON 1966: 67
Oligodon signatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373
Oligodon subcarinatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373
Oligodon subcarinatus — ROOIJEN 2009
Oligodon signatus — TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010
Oligodon signatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 503 
DistributionSingapore Island,
Indonesia (Sumatra)
Malaysia (Malaya, Pulau Tioman)
Thailand (Songkla, Yala)

Type locality: Singapore

annulata: W Sumatra; Type locality: Balun, W Sumatra, Indonesia

subcarinatus: Malaysia (Borneo: Sarawak)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.20, 1946.1.3.25
Holotype: RMNH [annulata] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSee note in Oligodon subcarinatus.

The original description is available online (see link below).

Oligodon subcarinatus is a synonym of O. signatus (fide WAGNER, pers. comm. and TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010) based on examination of types of both; only odd geographic distribution separates them. Synonymy mostly after TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010. 
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