Species of snake
Red coral kukri snake
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Squamata
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Suborder:
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Serpentes
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Family:
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Colubridae
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Genus:
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Oligodon
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Species:
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O. kheriensis
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Binomial name
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Oligodon kheriensis
Acharji and Ray, 1936[2]
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Green, M. (2010). Molecular Phylogeny of the Snake Genus Oligodon (Serpentes: Colubridae), with an Annotated Checklist and Key. M. Sc. thesis, University of Toronto.