Oligodon taeniolatus (JERDON, 1853)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Oligodon taeniolatus taeniolatus (JERDON 1853) Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus (GÜNTHER 1864)
Common Names	E: Streaked Kukuri Snake G: Gestreifte Kukrinatter
Synonym	Coronella taeniolata JERDON 1853: 528 (nomen protectum) Coluber taeniolatus DAUDIN 1803 (nomen oblitum) Oligodon taeniolatus — WALL 1921 Xenodon dubium JERDON 1853 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon subgriseum DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 59 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon subgriseus — GÜNTHER 1864 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon spilonotus GÜNTHER 1864 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon fasciatus — GÜNTHER 1864 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon elliotti — GÜNTHER 1864 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon subgriseus alternans BETHANCOURT-FERREIRA 1897 (fide SMITH) Oligodon subgriseus — WALL 1905: 298 Oligodon elliottii — WALL 1909: 533 Oligodon taeniolatus var. ceylonicus WALL 1921: 240 (fide SMITH 1943) Oligodon taeniolatus — SMITH 1943: 223 Contia transcaspica NIKOLSKY 1903 (fide KHALIKOV, pers. comm.) Oligodon taeniolatus — DAS 1996: 58 Oligodon taeniolatus ceylonicus — JANZEN et al. 2007 Oligodon taeniolatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 503 Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus (GÜNTHER 1864) Oligodon taeniolatus fasciatus — MURTHY 2010
Distribution	India (Gujarat, Maharashtra [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Punjab [Dino Aulakh, pers. comm.], Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S Turkmenistan (SW Kopet-Dag), E Iran, Afghanistan ceylonicus: Sri Lanka fasciatus: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka taeniolatus: Iran etc.; Type locality: non given Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and not in every cases it works well. We are working on it.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Types: BMNH 1946.1.3.38-39 (and possibly additional specimens).
Comment	Similar species: Has been confused with O. travancoricus. Many of the early species (spilonotus, ellioti, fasciatus) lumped by Boulenger as color varieties O. subgriseus, may be valid [F. WAGNER, pers. comm.]. Distribution: Possibly in Bhutan (Lenz 2012).
References	Ataev C; Homustenko Y; Shammakov S 1991. The new data about distribution and quantity of some rare species of snakes in south-western Kopet-Dag [in Russian]. GERPETOLOGICHESKIE ISSLEDOVANIYA 1: 51-53, 172 Bauer, A.M. 2003. On the status of the name Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853) and its long-ignored senior synonym and secondary homonym, Oligodon taeniolatus (Daudin, 1803). Hamadryad 27: 205-213. - get paper here Bhupathy, Subramanian & N. Sathishkumar 2013. Status of reptiles in Meghamalai and its environs, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5 (15): 4953-4961 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. 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Reptilian diversity in and around the Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. Reptile Rap (11): 5-15 - get paper here Vyas, Raju 2013. Snake diversity and voluntary rescue practice in the cities of Gujarat State, India: an evaluation. Reptile Rap (15): 27-39 - get paper here Wall, F. 1905. Notes on Snakes collected in Cannanore from 5th November 1903 to 5th August 1904. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 16: 292 - get paper here Wall, F. 1909. Discovery of a second specimen of the rare Snake Oligodon elliottii. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 19: 533 - get paper here Wall, FRANK 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages - get paper here Whitaker, Romulus<br />and Ashok Captain 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp., reprinted 2007 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Oligodon taeniolatus - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.younggreen.net/glanca/snake/page4.htm Google images

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