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Oligodon albocinctus (CANTOR, 1839)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Light-barred Kukri Snake
G: Weissflecken-Kukrinatter
Chinese: 喜山小头蛇 
SynonymCoronella albocincta CANTOR 1839: 50
Coronella puncticulatus GRAY 1853: 389 (fide SMITH 1943)
Simotes punctulatus GÜNTHER 1864 (fide SMITH 1943)
Simotes amabilis GÜNTHER 1868 (fide SMITH 1943)
Simotes amabilis — THEOBALD 1868: 41
Simotes punctulatus — ANDERSON 1871: 169
Simotes albocinctus — BOULENGER 1890
Simotes albocinctus — EVANS 1905
Oligodon albocinctus — WALL 1923
Oligodon albocinctus — SMITH 1943: 211
Oligodon albocinctus — MERTENS 1956
Oligodon albocincta — DAS 1996: 57
Oligodon albocinctus — DAVID et al. 2011
Oligodon albocinctus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 493
Oligodon albocinctus — LEE et al. 2025 
DistributionNepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
India (Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim; Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Nagaland), Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam,
China (Xizang = Tibet, Yunnan)

Type locality: Cherrapungi, Assam, 91°42’ E, 25° 16’ N., 500 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: iconotype, color plate in the Bodleian Library, London (fide KRAMER 1977) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. We will relaease that material sometime next year. Please contact us if you need any of this data earlier than that. 
Comment
 
EtymologyNamed after Latin albus = white, and Latin cinctus, surrounded, encircled, even though the bands around the body are usually not white. 
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