Oligodon albocinctus

Oligodon albocinctus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oligodon
Species:	O. albocinctus
Binomial name
Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839)
Synonyms
Coronella albocincta Cantor, 1839

Oligodon albocinctus, also known as the light-barred kukri snake, is a species of colubrid snake. It is endemic to Asia. The species was first described by Theodore Cantor in 1839.^[2][3]

Geographic range

It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, Vietnam, and China (Tibet, Yunnan).^[2]

References

1. Khan, M.; Ghosh, A.; Hasan, M.K.; Wangyal, J.; Tshewang, S. (2021). "Oligodon albocinctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T191908A2014057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T191908A2014057.en. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
2. Oligodon albocinctus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 February 2020.
3. Bombay Natural History Society (2005). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay Natural History Society. p. 21. Retrieved 10 June 2019.

Further reading

• Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. (Taylor & Francis, Printers). London. xviii + 541 pp.
• Cantor, T.E. 1839. Spicilegium serpentium indicorum [parts 1 and 2]. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 7: 31–34, 49–55.