Also known as the brown kukri snake, purple kukri snake (Oligodon purpurascens) is a non-venomous species of snake found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Suborder
Serpentes
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Oligodon
Species
Oligodon purpurascens
Common names
German:
Purpur-Kukrinatter
Braune-Kukrinatter
English:
Brown kukri snake
Purple kukri snake
Thai: งูคุด, ngu kout
Synonyms
Oligodon purpurascens, Van Stanley Bartholomew Wallach et al. (2014)
Oligodon purpurascens, Frank Tillack & Rainer Günther (2010)
Oligodon purpurascens kangeanicus, Djoko Tjahjono Iskandar & Mumpuni (2002)
Oligodon purpurascens, Robert Frederick Inger & Harold Knight Voris (2001)
Oligodon purpuracens, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
Oligodon purpurascens, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Oligodon purpurescens, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Olygodon sic purpurascens, Klaus-Dieter Schulz (1988)
Oligodon purpurascens, John Roscoe Hendrickson (1966)
Oligodon purpurascens kangeanicus, Robert Mertens (1959)