Boie's Kukri Snake
Oligodon bitorquatus Boie, 1827
Also called爪哇小頭蛇 (zho)
First described in: Boie, F. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. M ̧ ller (1878) listed a specimen of O. bitorquatus at BNHM with the locality Singapore. However, O. bitorquatus is only known from Java, Sumbawa, and Timor, with records from Sumatra and Borneo being doubtful (Wallach et al. 2014). Therefore, the Singapore record is also questionable. LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution
materials_examined
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens. Genus Oreocryptophis Utiger, Schätti & Helfenberger, 2005 (1 species)
Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution
materials_examined
Singapore records. Oligodon subquadratus — F. M ̧ ller, 1878: 592, 756.
Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5222572.