Oligodon kheriensis

Red coral kukri snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. kheriensis
Binomial name
Oligodon kheriensis
Acharji and Ray, 1936[2]

Oligodon kheriensis, also known as the coral red kukri snake, is a Kukri snake that was first described in 1936 from the North Kheri Division in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3]

  1. ^ Limbu, K.P.; Bhattarai, S.; Ghosh, A.; Das, A. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Oligodon kheriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T127903363A219116915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127903363A219116915.en. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ Acharji, M. N., Ray, H. C. (1936). A new species of Oligodon from the United Provinces (India). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 38: 519–520.
  3. ^ Green, M. (2010). Molecular Phylogeny of the Snake Genus Oligodon (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an Annotated Checklist and Key. M. Sc. thesis, University of Toronto.