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Oligodon modestus GÜNTHER, 1864

IUCN Red List - Oligodon modestus - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Luzon Kukri Snake 
SynonymOligodon modestus GÜNTHER 1864: 210
Oligodon modestus — TAYLOR 1922: 147
Oligodon modestum — LEVITON 1963: 473
Oligodon modestum — GAULKE 2001: 28
Oligodon modestum — FERNER et al. 2001
Oligodon modestus — GAULKE 2011: 296
Oligodon modestum — DAVID & VOGEL 2012
Oligodon modestus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 490 
DistributionPhilippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Tablas, Panay)

Type locality: Philippines, restricted to “Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island” (by LEVITON 1963)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.5.54 (and possibly additional specimens). 
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. 
CommentThe original description is available online (see link below).

Distribution: “The type, collected by H. Cuming, is reported from "Philippine Islands;" the exact locality is no longer known. A specimen is recorded from southern Negros, taken by A. Everett. Both these specimens are males. I failed to find this species in my collecting in central and northern Negros; if it occurs there, it is probably very rare.” (Taylor 1922) 
EtymologyProbably named after Latin modestus, restrained, mild; modest; reserved, possibly for the small size or inconspicuous coloration. 
References
  • DAVID, PATRICK & GERNOT VOGEL 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia. Zootaxa 3201: 58–68 - get paper here
  • Ferner, John W., Rafe M. Brown, Rogelio V. Sison and Robert S. Kennedy 2000. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 1-37 - get paper here
  • Gaulke, M. 2001. Die Herpetofauna von Sibaliw (Panay), einem der letzten Tieflandregenwaldgebiete der West-Visayas, Philippinen. Teil II: Schlangen. Herpetofauna 23 (131): 23-34 - get paper here
  • Gaulke, M. 2011. The herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines. Edition Chimaira, 390 pp.
  • Green, Marc D.; Nikolai L. Orlov and Robert W. Murphy 2010. Toward a Phylogeny of the Kukri Snakes, Genus Oligodon. Asian Herpetological Research 1 (1): 1-21 - get paper here
  • Griffin, L. E. 1911. A check-list and key to Philippine snakes. Philippine Journal of Science 6 (5): 253-269 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here
  • Leviton, A.E. 1963. Contributions to a review of Philippine snakes. I. The snakes of the genus Oligodon. Philippine J. Sci. 91 (4): 459-484 [1962] - get paper here
  • Meneses CG, Siler CD, Alviola PA, Gonzalez JCT, Balatibat JB, Natividad CA, Brown RM 2022. Amphibian and reptile diversity along a ridge-to-reef elevational gradient on a small isolated oceanic island of the central Philippines. Check List 18(5): 941-948 - get paper here
  • Oracion, J. H., Rabor, A., Arjona, S., & Amoroso, V. 2026. UPDATED CHECKLIST OF HERPETOFAUNA IN BALINSASAYAO TWIN LAKES NATURAL PARK, NEGROS ORIENTAL: A LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH SITE IN THE PHILIPPINES. BIOTROPIA, 33(3), 438-452, - get paper here
  • Sison R; Gonzales P C; Ferner J W 1995. New island records from Panay, Philippines. Herpetological Review 26 (1): 48-49. - get paper here
  • Solania, C. L., Cuadrado, J. T., Galolo, A. R. V., & Gamalinda, E. F. 2021. Species Richness and Community Structure of Amphibians and Reptiles in Andanan Watershed Forest Reserve, Caraga Region, Philippines. Biodiversity Journal 12 (3): 673–694 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1922. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Manila (Bureau of Printing or Science), Monograph 16: 312 pp. - 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.
  • Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
 
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