Oligodon nikhili

Oligodon nikhili
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Oligodon
Species: O. nikhili
Binomial name
Oligodon nikhili
Whitaker & Dattatri, 1982

Oligodon nikhili, known commonly as Nikhil's kukri snake, is a species of snake found in the Palni Hills of southern India.[1][2][3]

Etymology

Both the specific name, nikhili, and the common name, Nikhil's kukri snake, are in honor of Nikhil Whitaker (born 1979), the son of herpetologist Romulus Whitaker.[4]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Oligodon nikhili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  2. Whitaker R, Captain A (2008). Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 495 pp. ISBN 978-8190187305.
  3. Whitaker R, Dattatri S (1982). "A new species of Oligodon from the Palni Hills, south India (Serpentes: Colubridae)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79 (3): 630-631. (Oligodon nikhili, new species).
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oligodon nikhili p. 190).


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