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GBIF·5222659speciesAnimalia35 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusOligodon
Oligodon dorsalis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Bengalese Kukri Snake

Oligodon dorsalis (Gray, 1834)

Also calledBengalische Kukrinatter (deu) · 脊紋小頭蛇 (zho)

First described in: Gray. J. E. Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5222659.