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Oligodon barroni

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Oligodon barroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oligodon
Species:
O. barroni
Binomial name
Oligodon barroni
(M.A. Smith, 1916)
Synonyms[2]
  • Simotes barroni
    M.A. Smith, 1916
  • Holarchus taeniatus caudaensis
    Bourret, 1934
  • Oligodon barroni
    — M.A. Smith, 1943

Oligodon barroni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, barroni, is in honor of Mr. P.A.R. Barron who collected the first three specimens including the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

O. barroni is found in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Oligodon barroni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Oligodon barroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon barroni, p. 18).

Further reading

  • Chan-ard, [Mr.] Tanya; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin; Parr, John W. K. (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0199876181.
  • Smith MA (1916). "Descriptions of Three New Lizards and a New Snake from Siam". J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam 2 (1): 44–47. (Simotes barroni, new species, pp. 46–47).
  • 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 barroni, new combination, pp. 210–211, Figure 68).