Oligodon dorsalis

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Gray's Kukri Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Oligodon Species: O. dorsalis
Binomial name
Oligodon dorsalis (Gray & Hardwicke, 1835)

Gray's Kukri Snake or Bengalese Kukri Snake Oligodon dorsalis is a species of snake. Distribution: India (Assam), Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Oligodon_dorsalis.jpg

[edit] References

• Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
• Gray. J. E. 1835 Illustrations of Indian Zoology, chiefly selected from the collection of Major - General Hardwicke. Vol. 2. London (1833-1834): 263 pp., 95 plates