Oligodon amabilis (GÜNTHER, 1868)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Burmese Kukri Snake G: Südliche Burma-Kukrinatter
Synonym	Simotes amabilis GÜNTHER 1868: 416 Simotes amabilis — THEOBALD 1868: 41 Oligodon amabilis — LEE et al. 2025
Distribution	Myanmar Type locality: “Arrakan Hills” [Myanmar]
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH = NHMUK 1948.1.1.8
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Comment	Synonymy: Smith 1943 synonymized Simotes amabilis with Oligodon albocinctus which was followed by Wallach et al. 2014. Lee et al. 2025 resurrected it in the genus OIigodon.
Etymology	Named after Latin albus = white, and Latin cinctus, surrounded, encircled, even though the bands around the body are usually not white.
References	Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 1: 413-429 - get paper here Lee, J.L., Yushchenko, P.V., Pal, S., Deepak, V., Vogel, G., Poyarkov, N.A., Bauer, A.M. & Lalremsanga, H.T. 2025. Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5714 (1): 1–69 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp. - get paper here Theobald, William 1868. Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birma, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 10: 4-67. - get paper here
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