Oligodon signatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Barred (or Banded) Kukri Snake G: Gebänderte Kukrinatter |
Synonym | Simotes signatus GÜNTHER 1864 Simotes subcarinatus GÜNTHER 1872:595 Holarchus signatus — BARBOUR 1912 Holarchus subcarinatus — BARBOUR 1912:195. Simotes annulifer — DE ROOIJ 1917 Simotes annulifer var. annulata LIDTH DE JEUDE 1922: 245 Oligodon subcarinatus — WALL 1923:328 Oligodon signatus — WALL 1923 Oligodon annulifer — WALL 1923 Simotes annulifer var. annulata — WERNER 1929 Oligodon annulifer annulata — HAAS 1950 Oligodon signatus — TWEEDIE 1954 Oligodon signatus — HENDRICKSON 1966: 67 Oligodon signatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373 Oligodon subcarinatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 373 Oligodon subcarinatus — ROOIJEN 2009 Oligodon signatus — TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010 Oligodon signatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 503 |
Distribution | Singapore Island, Indonesia (Sumatra) Malaysia (Malaya, Pulau Tioman) Type locality: Singapore annulata: W Sumatra; Type locality: Balun, W Sumatra, Indonesia subcarinatus: Malaysia (Borneo: Sarawak) |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.20, 1946.1.3.25 Holotype: RMNH [annulata] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | See note in Oligodon subcarinatus. The original description is available online (see link below). Oligodon subcarinatus is a synonym of O. signatus (fide WAGNER, pers. comm. and TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010) based on examination of types of both; only odd geographic distribution separates them. Synonymy mostly after TILLACK & GÜNTHER 2010. |
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