Species of Thailand
Small-banded kukri snake
Oligodon fasciolatus
(Albert Charles Lewis Günther, 1864)
In Thai: งูปี่แก้วลายแต้ม, ngu pbi geaow lai taem
Oligodon fasciolatus, commonly known as the small-banded kukri snake or the fasciolated kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. This snake uniquely eviscerates live poisonous toads, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian common toads), to avoid toxic white liquid the toad secretes.
Geographic range
O. fasciolatus is found in southeastern Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of O. fasciolatus is forest.
Description
O. fasciolatus may attain a total length of 115 cm.
Reproduction
O. fasciolatus is oviparous.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Suborder
- Serpentes
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oligodon
- Species
- Oligodon fasciolatus
Common names
- English:
- Banded kukri snake
- Small-banded kukri snake
- Fasciolated kukri snake
- Thai: งูปี่แก้วลายแต้ม, ngu pbi geaow lai taem
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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