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Oligodon russelius
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Churah Valley Kukri snake [churahensis]

Oligodon russelius (Daudin, 1803)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Nepal, N India, NE Pakistan
Also published as
Coluber russelius Daudin, 1803; Oligodon churahensis Mirza, Bhardwaj & Patel, 2021
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References

  • Mirza ZA, Bhardwaj VK, & Patel H. (2021). A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas. Evolutionary Systematics 5(2): 335-345.
  • Boulenger, George A. (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, Xviii, 541 Pp.
  • Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, Xvi + 780 S.
  • Jan, G. (1865). Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 11. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris.
  • Lee JL, Yushchenko PV, Milto KD, Rajabizadeh M, Rastegar Pouyani E, Jablonski D, Masroor R, Karunarathna S, Mallik AK, Dsouza P, Orlov N, Nazarov R, Poyarkov NA. (2023). Kukri snakes Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 of the Western Palearctic with the resurrection of Contia transcaspica Nikolsky, 1902 (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). PeerJ 11:E15185 DOI 10.7717/Peerj.15185.
  • Paul, O., Satrusallya, R., Boruah B., Dutta, S., Muthu S., & Das, A. (2025). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mukandra Hills Tiger Reserve: A Photographic Guide. Wildlife Institute of India. Dehradun 248001, India, 79 Pp.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.