Lang Son Kukri Snake
Oligodon nagao
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
Oligodon nagao, the Nagao kukri snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. Specimens have been collected from Lang Son and Cao Bang in northern Vietnam, Guangxi Autonomous Region in southern People's Republic of China, and from Khammouane Province in central Laos PDR. Description It has 15 or 17 dorsal scale rows at its mid-body, a short tail which can be up to 107 mm and a body up to 680 mm in length.
Oligodon nagao est une espèce de serpent de la famille des Colubridae. Répartition Cette espèce se rencontre : au Viêt Nam dans la province de Cao Bằng ; au Laos dans la province de Khammouane ; en Chine dans la province du Guangxi ; Publication originale David, Nguyen, Nguyen, Jiang, Chen, Teynié & Ziegler, 2012 : A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Vietnam, southern China and central Laos. Zootaxa, n.
Oligodon es un género de serpientes de la familia Colubridae. Se distribuyen por el este y el sur de Asia. Se trata de serpientes ligeramente venenosas, aunque no son peligrosas para el hombre, que se alimentan principalmente de huevos y residualmente de lagartos, anfibios y roedores de su tamaño.
Distribution
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