Streaked kukri snake | |
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Oligodon taeniolatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Oligodon |
Species: | O. taeniolatus
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Binomial name | |
Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853)
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The streaked kukri snake (Oligodon taeniolatus) is a species of nonvenomous snake found in Asia. It is also known as the variegated kukri. The IUCN lists the species as least concern.[2]
The species was first described by the British physician and zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon in 1853 as Coronella taeniolata.[3]
There are two subspecies:[3]
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, S. Turkmenistan, E. Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh (Sub-species: fasciatus).