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Oligodon woodmasoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Scientific name
  
Oligodon woodmasoni

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Colubridae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Oligodon brevicauda, Western kukri, Oligodon dorsalis

Oligodon woodmasoni is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India. M.A. Smith reported that the holotype of this species was missing from the ZSI Kolkata collections. The species was rediscovered in 2002 and a new specimen was deposited at the ZSI.

The details of the specimen, ZSI25503 are as follows:

Lepidosis Snout vent length: 440mm; Tail length: 80mm; Dorsal scale: neck 18: midbody 17; Ventrals: 185; Sub caudals : 46; Supralabials: 6 (4th in contact with the eye); Infralabials: 7.

References

Oligodon woodmasoni Wikipedia