Oligodon melaneus

Bluebelly 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. melaneus
Binomial name
Oligodon melaneus
Wall, 1909[2]

Oligodon melaneus, the: bluebelly kukri snake is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to eastern India.[3] It was described in 1909 by Frank Wall based on two specimens from Tindharia, Darjeeling.[2][3]

Description

One the types is a female, 30 cm (13.125 in) in total length, with the tail being 4 cm (1.75 in). It was gravid with four eggs. The other type is a male, similar in length to the female. The body is uniformly black above, grading to grayish in the flanks. The belly is blue-grey, with black speckling in the female.[2]

References

  1. ^ Das, A. (2021). "Oligodon melaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T202846A2757299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T202846A2757299.en. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Wall, F. (1909). "Notes on snakes from the neighbourhood of Darjeeling". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 19: 337–357.
  3. ^ a b Oligodon melaneus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 May 2017.


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