Oligodon lacroixi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. lacroixi
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Oligodon lacroixi, commonly known as the Lacroix kukri snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lacroixi, is in honor of French mineralogist Alfred Lacroix.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]O. lacroixi is found in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, and in northern Vietnam.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of O. lacroixi is forest, at altitudes of 1,400–1,900 m (4,600–6,200 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]O. lacroixi is terrestrial and nocturnal.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Nguyen, T.Q.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Oligodon lacroixi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177416A1484510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T177416A1484510.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Oligodon lacroixi at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon lacroixi, p. 149).
Further reading
[edit]- Angel F, Bourret RL (1933). "Sur une petite collection de serpents du Tonkin. Descriptions de espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 18: 129–140. (Oligodon lacroixi, new species, p. 138). (in French).
- Nguyen SV, Ho CT, Nguyen TQ (2009). Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 768 pp. ISBN 978-3899734621.
- Orlov NL, Ryabov SA, Nguyen TT, Nguyen TQ (2010). "Rediscovery and redescription of two rare snake species: Oligodon lacroixi Angel et Bourret, 1933 and Maculophis bellus chapaensis (Bourret, 1934) [Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae] from Fansipan Mountains, northern Vietnam". Russian Journal of Herpetology 17 (4): 310–322.
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Oligodon lacroixi, p. 236).
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