Oligodon hamptoni BOULENGER, 1918
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Hampton's Kukri Snake |
Synonym | Oligodon hamptoni BOULENGER 1918 Oligodon hamptoni — SMITH 1943: 235 Oligodon hamptoni — DOWLING & JENNER 1988 Oligodon hamptoni — DAVID & VOGEL 2012 Oligodon hamptoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 498 Oligodon hamptoni — NGUYEN et al. 2020 |
Distribution | Myanmar [= Burma] (Kachin, Sagaing), 300-1500 m elevation [fide WALLACH, pers. comm.] Type locality: "Mogok, Upper Burma." [= Mogok, southeastern Sagaing Division, northern Myanmar, 22˚55'N, 96˚30'E, 300 m] |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.71, a 540 male (H. Hampton). |
Diagnosis | Description: A broad yellow vertebral stripe, from the nape to the end of the tail, between a pair of reddish-brown, black-edged dorsal stripes of about the same width; sides bluish-grey, with two narrower dark brown stripes, the lower interrupted; head dark brown, with yellowish, crescentic markings, namely, one across the snout, another on the top of the head, and two oblique ones behind which are interrupted on the mid-line; belly red, with black bars occupying a whole ventral shield or interrupted and alternating; lower surface of tail uniform red [from SMITH 1943]. |
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Etymology | Named after Herbert Hampton, a friend of G.A. Boulenger, who inferred in his description that the holotypes of the snake was collected by Hampton. |
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