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Oligodon fasciolatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fasciolated Kukri Snake 
SynonymSimotes fasciolatus GÜNTHER 1864
Simotes fasciolatus — FISCHER 1881: 228
Oligodon cyclurus smithi (WERNER, 1925)
Oligodon cyclurus superfluens TAYLOR 1965: 768
Oligodon fasciolatus — COX et al. 1998: 59 (?)
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 174
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2004
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — SCHMIDT & KUNZ 2005: 44
Oligodon cyclurus smithi — LONGHITANO 2007
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2008
Oligodon fasciolatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 497
Oligodon fasciolatus — DAVID et al. 2022 
DistributionSE Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Yunnan)

Type locality: Bangkok, Thailand  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: USNM 72067
Holotype: CUMZ 77 (Chulalongkorn University), male [superfluens] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (superfluens): A large series of tiny black marks on edges of dorsal scales (usually not more than two edges of a scale dark) the marks tending to form series of transverse, sometimes angular marks, the angles directed forwards, then laterally they may form a second angle. One or two alternating scalerows may have scales edged with cream or yellow-cream, the color extending on interstitial skin. Head markings similar to cyclurus cyclurus; venter immaculate. Scalerows, 21 at middle; ventrals, 179, subeaudals, 47; head wide; tail rigid ending in a sharp point. (Taylor 1965: 768)


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CommentO. fasciolatus has 21 or 23 scale rows at midbody. O. fasciolatus has been previously synonymized with O. cylurus which has 19 scale rows and is restricted to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar fide PAUWELS et al. 2002.

Bahavior: While most species of Oligodon are docile, O. fasciolatus is said to have an aggressive disposition (SMITH 1943, TAYLOR 1965). 
References
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