Oligodon woodmasoni

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Oligodon woodmasoni
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O. woodmasoni
Binomial name
Oligodon woodmasoni
(Sclater, 1891)[1]

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Oligodon woodmasoni is a species of snake found in the Nicobar Islands of India. M.A. Smith reported that the holotype of this species was missing from the ZSI Kolkata collections. The species was rediscovered in 2002 and a new specimen was deposited at the ZSI.[2]

The details of the specimen, ZSI25503 are as follows:

Lepidosis
Snout vent length: 440mm; Tail length: 80mm; Dorsal scale: neck 18: midbody 17; Ventrals: 185; Sub caudals : 46; Supralabials: 6 (4th in contact with the eye); Infralabials: 7.

References

  1. Sclater, W.L. 1891 Notes on a collection of snakes in the Indian Museum, with descriptions of several new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal LX: 230-250
  2. Krishnan, S. 2003. The distribution of some reptiles in the Nicobar Islands, India. ANET technical report - May 2003


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