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Southern Burmese Kukri Snake

Oligodon amabilis (Günther, 1868)

Also calledSüdliche Burma-Kukrinatter (deu)

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
Myanmar
Also published as
Simotes amabilis Günther, 1868
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Lee, J. L., Yushchenko, P. V., Pal, S., Deepak, V., Vogel, G., Poyarkov, N. A., Bauer, A. M., & Lalremsanga, H. T. (2025). Color polymorphism, taxonomic confusion and cryptic diversity in the kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 5714 (1): 1–69.
  • Smith, M. A. (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 Pp.
  • Theobald, & William. (1868). Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birma, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim; with descriptions of new or little-known species. Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 10: 4-67.
  • Günther, A. (1868). Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 1: 413-429.

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