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Grey Kukri Snake
Oligodon joynsoni
Oligodon joynsoni, also known commonly as the gray kukri snake, the grey kukri snake, and Joynson's kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
From the article Oligodon joynsoni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
O. joynsoni may attain a total length of 76 cm (30 in), which includes a tail length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).
Range & habitat
O. joynsoni is found in Laos, Thailand, and extreme southern China, and may also occur in adjacent Myanmar.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, joynsoni, is in honor of H.W. Joynson who collected the holotype and was a British cricketer and naturalist in Singapore.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29253.