Oligodon formosanus
Species of snake
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Oligodon formosanus, also known as the Formosa kukri snake or beautiful kukri snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[1][2]
| Oligodon formosanus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oligodon |
| Species: | O. formosanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligodon formosanus (Günther, 1872) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simotes formosanus Günther, 1872 | |
The species epithet is named after its range in Taiwan (Formosa).
Formosa kukri snakes eat the eggs of Chinese box turtles.[3]
Description
The scale colorings range in the brown-red spectrum. The body is a tawny light brown with two darker russet stripes running down either side of the spine, where thin black lines that break into smaller dotted patterns occasionally diagonally intersect. The underbelly is off-white.
