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Oligodon trilineatus (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

IUCN Red List - Oligodon trilineatus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Three-lined Kukri Snake 
SynonymSimotes trilineatus DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 636
Simotes trilineatus — JAN 1863
Oligodon (Simotes) trilineatus — FISCHER 1885
Oligodon trilineatus — INGER & VORIS 2001
Oligodon trilineatus — TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010
Oligodon trilineatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 504 
DistributionIndonesia (Nias, Sumatra)

Type locality: “Grandes Indes” = Greater Sundas (probably Sumatra), Indonesia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3541 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin tri = three, and linea = line, even though there is only one prominent (red) line visible in most specimens. 
References
  • David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - get paper here
  • Fischer, J.G. 1886. Ueber eine Kollektion Reptilien und Amphibien von der Insel Nias und über eine zweite Art der Gattung Anniella GRAY. Abh. Naturw. Ver. Hamburg 19 (1): 3-10
  • Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863-89 1
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 12. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
  • Tillack, Frank and Rainer Günther 2010. Revision of the Species of Oligodon from Sumatra and Adjacent Islands, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Oligodon subcarinatus (Günther, 1872) and Oligodon annulifer (Boulenger, 1893) from Borneo (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 265-294 [2009] - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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