Oligodon signatus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
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.
References	Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here 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,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M. Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here Günther, A. 1872. On the reptiles and amphibians of Borneo. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1872: 586-600. - get paper here Hendrickson,J.R. 1966. Observations on the fauna of Pulau Tioman and Pulau Tulai. 5. The Reptiles. Bull. Nat. Mus. Singapore 34: 53-71 Lidth DE JEUDE, T.W. VAN 1922. Snakes from Sumatra. Zoologische Mededelingen 6: 239-253. - get paper here Lim, K.K.P. & Ng, H.H. 1999. The terrestrial herpetofauna of Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl. No. 6: 131-155 - get paper here Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here Rooijen, J. 2009. Estimating the snake species richness of the Santubong Peninsula (Borneo) in two different ways. Contributions to Zoology 78 (4): 141-147 - get paper here Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo) Teo, R.C.H. & N.J. Thomas 2019. Updated Inventory of Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 71(Suppl. 1):145-183; doi: 10.26492/gbs71(suppl.1).2019-06 - get paper here Teo, R.C.H. & Rajathurai, S. 1997. Mammals, reptiles and amphibians in the Nature Reserves of Singapore - diversity, abundance and distribution. Proc. Nature Reserves Survey Seminar. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 49: 353-425 TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here Tillack, Frank and Rainer Günther 2010. Revision of the Species of Oligodon from Sumatra and Adjacent Islands, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Oligodon subcarinatus (Günther, 1872) and Oligodon annulifer (Boulenger, 1893) from Borneo (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (4): 265-294 [2009] - get paper here Tweedie, M.W.F. 1954. Notes on Malayan reptiles, No.3. Bull. Raffles Mus. No 25: 107-117 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.
External links	IUCN Red List - Oligodon signatus - Least Concern, LC Google images

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