Oligodon meyerinkii
| Oligodon meyerinkii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. meyerinkii
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon meyerinkii (Steindachner, 1891)
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Oligodon meyerinkii is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to parts of Southeast Asia. It is commonly known as Meyerink's kukri snake,[3] the Sulu kukri snake, and the Sulu short-headed snake.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, meyerinkii, is probably in honor of Hermann Friedrich Meyerink (1850–1908), who was the German Consul to the Philippines in Manila, although Steindachner gives no etymology.[3]: 177
Geographic range
Oligodon meyerinkii is found in the Philippines on the islands of Bongao, Jolo, Sibutu and Tawi-Tawi in Sulu Archipelago, and possibly in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Oligodon meyerinkii is forest.[1]
Behavior
Oligodon meyerinkii is terrestrial, semifossorial, and semiarboreal.[1]
Reproduction
Oligodon meyerinkii is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e Diesmos, A.C.; Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.F.; Das, I.; Pitogo, K.; Kim, P. (2022). "Oligodon meyerinkii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T169893A180800279.
- ^ a b c d Oligodon meyerinkii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 May 2017.
- ^ a b Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Simotes octolineatus var. C., p. 224).
- Steindachner, F. (1891). "Über einige neue und seltene Reptilien- und Amphibien-Arten ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 100: 291–316 + Plates I–II. (Simotes meyerinkii, new species, pp. 294–295). (in German).
- Taylor, E.H. (1922). The Snakes of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science. 312 pp. + Plates 1–37. (Holarchus meyerinkii, new combination, pp. 139–140 + Plate 14 + Plate 17, figures 6–7).
- Weinell, J.L.; Hooper, E.; Leviton, A.E.; Brown, R.M. (2019). "Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Fourth Series. 66 (1): 1–49.