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Oligodon nikhili WHITAKER & DATTATRI, 1982

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Nikhil's Kukri Snake 
SynonymOligodon nikhili WHITAKER & DATTATRI 1982: 630
Oligodon nikhili — DAS 1996: 58
Oligodon nikhili — WHITAKER & CAPTAIN 2004
Oligodon nikhilii ? — KANAGAVEL 2013
Oligodon nikhili — WALLACH et al. 2014: 500 
DistributionS India (Tamil Nadu)

Type locality: “Tiger shola, 1500 mts., a few kilometers below Shembaganur on the Kodaikanal ghat road, Palni Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1982.1358 (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. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentThe species found by KANAGAVEL 2013 apparently was not O. nikhili but rather Calliophis nigrescens (fide R. Whitaker, pers. comm., 28 June 2021). 
EtymologyNamed after the three-year old son of R.W., Nikhil, who was left at the roadside to play at "snake hunting”. The snake was hiding behind a piece of cement on the roadside retaining wall and fell at the child's feet when he removed the loose slab of cement. 
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
  • DAVID, PATRICK; TRUONG QUANG NGUYEN, TAO THIEN NGUYEN, KE JIANG, TIANBO CHEN, ALEXANDRE TEYNIÉ & THOMAS ZIEGLER 2012. A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos. Zootaxa 3498: 45–62 - get paper here
  • Kanagavel, Arun 2013. The second ever record of Nikhil’s Kukri Oligodon nikhilii (Whitaker & Dattatri, 1982)? Range extension? Reptile Rap (15): 40 - 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.
  • Whitaker R; Dattatri S 1982. A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, south India (Serpentes: Colubridae). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79 (3): 630-631 - get paper here
  • Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004. Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp., reprinted 2007 - get paper here
 
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