Species of Thailand
Barron's kukri snake
Oligodon barroni, Malcolm Arthur Smith, 1916
(In Thai: งูปี่แก้วลายหัวใจ, ngu pbi gaeow lai hua jai)
Oligodon barroni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, barroni, is in honor of Mr. P.A.R. Barron who collected the first three specimens including the holotype.
Geographic range
O. barroni is found in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oligodon
- Species
- Oligodon barroni
Common names
- German: Barrons Lukrinatter
- English: Barron's kukri snake
- Thai: งูปี่แก้วลายหัวใจ, ngu pbi gaeow lai hua jai
Synonyms
- Oligodon barroni, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
- Oligodon barroni, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
- Oligodon barroni, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
- Oligodon barroni, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1943)
- Holarchus taeniatus caudaensis, René Léon Bourret (1934)
- Simotes barroni, Malcolm Arthur Smith (1916)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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